Disruptive Acts
Subtitle: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siecle France
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: October 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780226721248
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Feminism; Intellectual History; Social Science; Sociology; History: World; Europe; Europe - France; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Civilization; Feminism & Feminist Theory; 1844-1923; 19th century; Bernhardt, Sarah,; France; History; Sex role
First sentence: IN THE LAST two decades of the nineteenth century, the French chose the term "fin de siecle" to describe the era they were traversing.