A Belle Epoque?

Women and Feminism in French Society and Culture 1890-1914

362 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Third Republic, known as the 'belle époque', was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the contradiction between the Republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the reality of intense and systematic gender discrimination. Yet, it also was a period of intense and varied artistic production, with women disproving the critical nearconsensus that art was a masculine activity by writing, painting, performing, sculpting, and even displaying an interest in the new "seventh art" of cinema. This book explores all these facets of the period, weaving them into a complex, multi-stranded argument about the importance of this rich period of French women's history.

• Reihe: Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen Feminismus und feministische Theorie
• ISBN: 9781845450212
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2006
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Carrie Tarr, Diana Holmes