Title: Consumption, domesticity, and the female body in Emile Zola's fiction
Description: "This book looks at Zola's treatment of women alongside 19th century texts about the domestic world, telling a story about French society coming to grips with a rapidly changing world while providing a socio-historical context for his characterization of women" --
Subjects: Consumption (Economics) in literature, Knowledge, Sex role in literature, Political and social views, Food in literature, Manners and customs, Social values in literature, Women in literature
People: Emile Zola (1840-1902)