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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463130303321

Autore

Duchen Claire

Titolo

Feminism in France : from May '68 to Mitterand / / Claire Duchen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08442-X

1-283-86110-0

1-136-19150-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

305.4/2/0944

305.420944

Soggetti

Feminism - France - History - 20th century

Women - Political activity - France - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Feminism in France From May '68 to Mitterrand; Copyright; Feminism in France From May '68 to Mitterrand; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Beginnings; Chapter 2 Currents: diversity and conflict; Chapter 3 French feminists and motherhood: destiny or slavery?; Chapter 4 Feminists and (French) philosophy; Chapter 5 The concept of the feminine; Chapter 6 A different politics; Chapter 7 Feminism in Socialist France; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Feminism in France charts the evolution of the women's liberation in France (MLF) from its emergence in 1968 to the present. Claire Duchen provides a lucid and compelling account of different feminist practices in France, clarifying the divergent political stances and the feminist theory that informs them. The remarkably clear introduction to French feminist theory, notably of Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous, places it in its wider intellectual and political context and illuminates the complex connection of feminist thinking to other strands of contemporary French thought, represen