The biosocial construction of femininity : mothers and daughters in nineteenth-century America / Nancy M. Theriot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theriot, Nancy M.

Series:

Contributions in women's studies 0147-104X ; no. 93.

Contributions in women's studies. 0147-104X ; no. 93

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class women--United States--History--19th century.

Middle class women.

Mothers and daughters--United States--History--19th century.

Mothers and daughters.

Sex role--United States--History--19th century.

Sex role.

History.

United States.

Femininity.

Physical Description:

168 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.

Summary:

"How did 19th-century women determine what behaviors and attitudes constituted femininity, and how did one generation pass on to another those social attitudes and adaptations deemed proper and necessary for womankind? Theriot argues convincingly that women themselves were the agents in the formation of attitudes about gender. . . . This book would be difficult for readers not familiar with some aspects of women's studies, but is an important and perceptive examination of the effect of sexual ideology." Choice

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 161-163.

ISBN:

0313254834

OCLC:

16872933