Sex, Honor and Citizenship in Early Third Republic France [electronic resource] /
Mansker, A.author.
A repositioning of French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honour system. Whether activists demanded admission to the popular ritual of the duel or publicly shamed men for their extramarital sexual behaviour, they appropriated extralegal honour codes to enact new civic and familial identities.
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Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Mademoiselle Arria Ly Wants Blood!" The New Woman and the Debate over Female Honor; 2 The Sexual Insult: Medicalized Views of Singleness during the Long Nineteenth Century; 3 Rethinking Honor in the Republican Family: Fin-de-Siècle Divorce Suits; 4 The Honor of a Name: Marital Status, Property, and the Patronymic; 5 The Feminist Politics of the Female Surplus: Constructing Citizenship through Singleness; 6 Sexual Citizenship and the Political Culture of Shame in the Women's Movement
Conclusion: Giving the LieNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A repositioning of French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honour system. Whether activists demanded admission to the popular ritual of the duel or publicly shamed men for their extramarital sexual behaviour, they appropriated extralegal honour codes to enact new civic and familial identities.
Social history.
France—History.
Sociology.
History, Modern.
Europe—History.
Social History.
History of France.
Gender Studies.
Modern History.
European History.