Sex, honor and citizenship in early Third Republic France
By: Andrea Mansker
Series: Genders and sexualities in history; Genders and sexualities in history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780230294035
Subjects: Social conditions; Politics and government; Women's rights; History; Women
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.