The new biography : performing femininity in nineteenth-century France / Jo Burr Margadant, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margadant, Jo Burr, 1939-

Contributor:

Margadant, Jo Burr, 1939-

Series:

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 38.

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 38

Studies on the history of society and culture The new biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--France--History--19th century.

Feminism.

Feminists--France--Biography.

Feminists.

Motherhood in popular culture--France--History--19th century.

Motherhood in popular culture.

Sex role--France--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Women--Political activity--France--History--19th century.

Women.

Women authors, French--19th century--Biography.

Women authors, French.

Feminism--History--19th century--France--Biography.

Feminists--History--19th century--France--Biography.

Motherhood in popular culture--History--19th century--France.

Sex role--History--Political activity--19th century--France.

Women--19th century--France.

France--Social conditions--19th century.

France.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 298 p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

New Biography

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The New Biography' looks at the life stories of eight famous women in 19th century France who became public figures even thought they lived in a time that did not encourage women to speak out. The subjects include Flora Tristan and Nelly Roussel.

Contents:

Introduction : constructing selves in historical perspective / Jo Burr Margadant

The Duchesse de Berry and royalist political culture in postrevolutionary France / Jo Burr Margadant

"Playing the princess" : Flora Tristan, performance, and female moral authority during the July monarchy / Susan Grogan

Republican women and republican families in the personal narratives of George Sand, Marie d'Agoult, and Hortense Allart / Whitney Walton

Clotilde de Vaux and the search for identity / Mary Pickering

Acting up : the feminist theatrics of marguerite Durand / Mary Louise Roberts

Private life, public image : motherhood and militancy in the self-construction of Nelly Roussel, 1900-1922 / Elinor A. Accampo.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520935310

0520935314

OCLC:

1414456878

Publisher Number:

2027/heb02132 hdl