The new biography : performing femininity in nineteenth-century France / [electronic resource]
Margadant, Jo Burr,1939-
Margadant, Jo Burr,1939-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2000.
'The New Biography' looks at the life stories of eight famous women in 19th century France who became public figures even thought they lived in a time that did not encourage women to speak out. The subjects include Flora Tristan and Nelly Roussel.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index.
Introduction : constructing selves in historical perspective / Jo Burr Margadant -- The Duchesse de Berry and royalist political culture in postrevolutionary France / Jo Burr Margadant -- "Playing the princess" : Flora Tristan, performance, and female moral authority during the July monarchy / Susan Grogan -- Republican women and republican families in the personal narratives of George Sand, Marie d'Agoult, and Hortense Allart / Whitney Walton -- Clotilde de Vaux and the search for identity / Mary Pickering -- Acting up : the feminist theatrics of marguerite Durand / Mary Louise Roberts -- Private life, public image : motherhood and militancy in the self-construction of Nelly Roussel, 1900-1922 / Elinor A. Accampo.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
'The New Biography' looks at the life stories of eight famous women in 19th century France who became public figures even thought they lived in a time that did not encourage women to speak out. The subjects include Flora Tristan and Nelly Roussel.
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Feminism
Feminists
Motherhood in popular culture
Sex role
Women
Women authors, French
Feminism
Feminists
Motherhood in popular culture
Sex role
Women
Women authors, French
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Social Sciences
Gender Studies & Sexuality