Women in European Culture and Society

Simonton, Deborah

Women in European Culture and Society Gender, Skill and Identity from 1700 - London Routledge 2011 - 416p

includes index and biblioraphy

PART 1 Rights of man and duties of woman Prelude: Women`s identity in eighteenth-century culture Timeline: Rights of man and duties of women 1 Intimate lives: self, sex and family 2 Community spaces 3 Wider worlds: gendering the Enlightenment Intermezzo: The revolutionary era Timeline: The revolutionary era PART 2 Domesticity and industrialism Prelude: The legacy of the Enlightenment Timeline: Domesticity and industrialism 4 Intimate worlds: our mothers` daughters 5 Community spaces: labour, leisure and consumption 6 Shaping wider worlds Intermezzo: La belle epoque or fin de siecle? Timeline: La belle epoque PART 3 Modern times Prelude: `Carrying Linda`s Stones` Timeline: Modern times 7 Intimacy and independence 8 The transitional community 9 Women go public Coda: Gender, skill and identity

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