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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808779603321

Titolo

Sexuality and subordination : interdisciplinary studies of gender in the nineteenth century / / edited by Susan Mendus and Jane Rendall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1989

ISBN

1-280-32365-5

0-203-40278-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 260 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

MendusSusan

RendallJane <1945->

Disciplina

305.3

305.30941

Soggetti

Sex role - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Sex role - France - History - 19th century

Women - Socialization - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women - Socialization - France - History - 19th century

Sex differences (Psychology) - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION PART I REPRESENTATIONS OF SEXUALITY 1 BALZAC’S A DAUGHTER OF EVE AND THE APPLE OF KNOWLEDGE 2 THE LADY OF SHALOTT IN ART AND LITERATURE 3 ‘SEX’ AND ‘RACE’: THE CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE AND IMAGE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PART II SEXUALITY, SUBORDINATION, AND FEMINISM 4 FRIENDSHIP AND POLITICS: BARBARA LEIGH SMITH BODICHON (1827–91) AND BESSIE RAYNER PARKES (1829–1925) 5 THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS: THE IDEAL OF MARRIAGE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF JOHN STUART MILL 6 WOMEN’S BIOLOGICAL STRAITJACKET 7 PRIVILEGE AND PATRIARCHY: FEMINIST THOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; POSTSCRIPT

Sommario/riassunto

Using insights from history, literature, sociology and philosophy, Sexuality and Subordination examines the construction of gender in nineteenth century Britain and France.