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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788545103321

Titolo

Cherchez la femme [[electronic resource] ] : women and values in the Francophone world / / edited by Erika Fulop and Adrienne Angelo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-19303-5

1-4438-3112-3

9786613193032

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Classificazione

8,2

Altri autori (Persone)

FulopErika

AngeloAdrienne

Disciplina

305.4209175

Soggetti

Feminism - France

Feminism - French-speaking countries

Feminism and literature - French-speaking countries

Feminism and literature - France

Human body in literature

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; SECTION II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; SECTION III; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; SECTION IV; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout the history of all civilizations at least until very recently, the most fundamental values at the basis of societal organization and culture were determined and sanctified almost exclusively by men - including the values traditionally associated with women, such as corporeal beauty, purity, motherhood, or empathy. However, from the ancient times already, and increasingly toward the end of the second



millennium, women have always found ways to overcome the limits set to them by the ...