Blessed motherhood, bitter fruit Nelly Roussel and the politics of female pain in Third Republic France
She tells the story of a woman whose life and work spanned a historical moment when womanhood was being redefined by the acceptance of a woman's sexuality as distinct from her biological, reproductive role--a development that is still causing controversy today.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422989906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Conversion experiences
- Mother and missionary: the ideological foundations of an unorthodox feminism
- The making and marketing of a spectacular apostle
- The public and private politics of female self-sacrifice: audience reception
- Pathologies and persecutions
- The Great War: pacifism, censorship, and the disease of a "weary, wounded heart"
- Last battles: words of combat, hope, and pain.
