LEADER 04813nam 22006252 450 001 9910550011403321 005 20200810094255.0 010 $a1-78962-321-9 010 $a1-78694-993-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000007877504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5742018 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002252190 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781786949936 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9ee1b1e1-e0ab-47ed-95b7-aa518563574e 035 $a(PPN)266479901 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007877504 100 $a20200608d2019|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFigurations of the feminine in the early French women's Press, 1758-1848 /$fSiobha?n McIlvanney$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEighteenth-century worlds 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2020). 311 $a1-78694-188-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $gIntroduction.$tGeneral Trends ;$tFigurations of the Feminine --$g1.$tWomen's Roles, Rights and Representations in France, 1758-1848.$tThe Changing Political Climate in France, 1758-1848 ;$tEarly Journalistic Perspectives on the Feminine --$g2.$tWomen Writers and Readers: The Beginnings of French Women's Journals and Le Journal des dames (1759-1778).$tThe Earliest Women's Journals ;$tLe Journal des dames (1759-1778) ;$tWomen Writers and Readers ;$tPromoting the Peripheral --$g3.$tEducating the Female Consumer: Early Fashion Journals.$tEducation ;$tEarly Fashion Features ;$tLe Cabinet des modes (1785-1793) ;$tLe Journal des dames et des modes (1797-1839) ;$t'Des Modes' ;$t'Des Dames' --$g4.$tA Woman's Place: Marriage and Homemaking in the Early Domestic Press.$tMarriage and Motherhood ;$tLe Courier de l'hymen ou journal les dames (1791) ;$tLe Journal des femmes (1832-1837) ;$tLe Conseiller des dames (1847-1892) --$g5.$tReforming the Feminine: Early Feminist Journals.$tEmployment ;$tLes E?trennes nationales des dames (1789) ;$tL'Athe?ne?e des dames (1808) ;$tLa Femme libre (1832-1834) ;$tLa Voix des femmes (1848) --$gConclusion. 330 $aIn this original study, Siobha?n McIlvanney examines the beginnings of the women's press in France. Figurations of the Feminine is the first work in English to assess the most significant publications which make up this diverse, yet critically neglected, medium. It traces the evolving representations of womanhood that appear over the first ninety years of women's journals in France. McIlvanney's insightful readings demonstrate that these journals are often characterised by a remarkable degree of 'feminist' content. This refutes the general conception of the women's press as an idealised, hyper-feminised space inhabited by the intellectually idle - whether in the form of readers or writers - disseminating and legitimating a limited range of patriarchal stereotypes and ide?es rec?ues. Through textual analyses of different 'generic' subsections, whether the literary journal, the fashion magazine, the domestic press or more explicitly politicised outputs, Figurations of the Feminine challenges the critical commonplaces which have been applied to the women's press since its genesis, both in France and elsewhere. It demonstrates the political richness of this medium and the privileged perspectives it gives us on female self-expression and on the everyday lives of French women from across the class spectrum during this key historical period. 410 0$aEighteenth-century worlds. 606 $aWomen's periodicals, French$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aWomen's periodicals, French$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFeminism$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aFeminism$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y19th century 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aWomen's periodicals, French$xHistory 615 0$aWomen's periodicals, French$xHistory 615 0$aFeminism$xHistory 615 0$aFeminism$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 676 $a054/.1082 700 $aMcIlvanney$b Siobha?n$01190913 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910550011403321 996 $aFigurations of the feminine in the early French women's Press, 1758-1848$92796455 997 $aUNINA