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Blessed motherhood, bitter fruit : Nelly Roussel and the politics of female pain in Third Republic France / Elinor Accampo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Accampo, Elinor Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birth control--France--Biography.
- Birth control.
- Feminists--France--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Women social reformers--France--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- Roussel, Nelly, 1878-1922.
- Roussel, Nelly.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8896-4
- OCLC:
- 213305530
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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