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Mothers and Daughters in Nineteenth-Century America : The Biosocial Construction of Femininity / Nancy M. Theriot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theriot, Nancy M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Femininity--History--19th century.
- Femininity.
- Sex role--United States--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Mothers and daughters--United States--History--19th century.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Women--Health and hygiene--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Women.
- Middle class women--United States--History--19th century.
- Middle class women.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- [Rev. ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The feminine script of early nineteenth century centered on women's role as patient, long-suffering mothers. By mid-century, however, their daughters faced a world very different in social and economic options and in the physical experiences surrounding their bodies. In this groundbreaking study, Nancy Theriot turns to social and medical history, developmental psychology, and feminist theory to explain the fundamental shift in women's concepts of femininity and gender identity during the course of the century -- from an ideal suffering womanhood to emphasis on female control of physical self.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Introduction: Investigating Identities and Experience from a Generational Perspective; 1 ""Imperial Motherhood"" and Its Material Roots; 2 The Physical Roots of Ideology; 3 Acculturation into ""True Womanhood""; 4 Daughters' Brave New World; 5 The ""Green Sickness"" and Daughters' Ambivalence; 6 A New Feminine Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The biosocial construction of femininity, 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-219) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813131788
- 0813131782
- 9780813158204
- 0813158206
- OCLC:
- 604261474
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