Confronting Modernity in Fin-de-Siècle France Bodies, Minds and Gender

The turn of the twentieth century represented a crossroads in the French experience of modernization, especially in regard to ideas about gender and sexuality. Drawing together prominent scholars in French gender history, this volume explores how historians have come to view this period in light of...

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Other Authors: Forth, Christopher E. (Editor), Accampo, Elinor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2010, 2010
Series:Genders and Sexualities in History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The turn of the twentieth century represented a crossroads in the French experience of modernization, especially in regard to ideas about gender and sexuality. Drawing together prominent scholars in French gender history, this volume explores how historians have come to view this period in light of new theoretical developments since the 1980s
Physical Description:XIII, 265 p online resource
ISBN:9780230246843