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For health and beauty : physical culture for Frenchwomen, 1880s-1930s / Mary Lynn Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Mary Lynn, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--France--History.
- Women.
- Women--Physiology--France.
- Women--Physiology.
- Physical education and training.
- History.
- Beauty culture.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- France.
- Women--Health and hygiene--France.
- Human body--Social aspects--France--History.
- Human body.
- Beauty culture--France--History.
- Physical education and training--France--History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Carnal Knowledge 17
- 1. Embodying Gender 21
- 2. Biomedicine and Femininity 40
- 3. Hygiene and Housewifery 56
- Part 2 Reproductive Rhythms 75
- 4. Puberty and Purity 79
- 5. Sexual Initiation and Sex Education 95
- 6. Pleasure and Procreation 112
- 7. Menopause and Loss 130
- Part 3 Physical Performance 147
- 8. Gymnastics, Sports, and Gender 151
- 9. Working Bodies 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801864836
- OCLC:
- 44266188
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