Deviant women of the French Revolution and the rise of feminism / Lisa Beckstrand.

Author/creator Beckstrand, Lisa, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2009.
Description165 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Female deviants of the French Revolution: who were they? -- Sexual politics and the body: changing concepts of gender prior to the French Revolution -- Female deviance and the domestic sanctuary: points of contention in Roland's Memoirs -- Olympe de Gouges: feminine sensibility and political posturing -- De Gouges and the body politic -- Universal rights in a colonial age: intersections of race and gender in the works of Olympe de Gouges -- The charge, the crime, the trial: pronouncements of female deviance and legacies for the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.
LCCN 2008033458
ISBN9780838641927 (alk. paper)
ISBN083864192X (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1236 .B33 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold