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11%OFFGay L. Gullickson - Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune (Pitt Ser.in Policy and Inst.Studies) - 9780801483189 - V9780801483189
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Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune (Pitt Ser.in Policy and Inst.Studies)

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Description for Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune (Pitt Ser.in Policy and Inst.Studies) Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.

In this vividly written and amply illustrated book, Gay L. Gullickson analyzes the representations of women who were part of the insurrection known as the Paris Commune. The uprising and its bloody suppression by the French army is still one of the most hotly debated episodes in modern history. Especially controversial was the role played by women, whose prominent place among the Communards shocked many commentators and spawned the legend of the pétroleuses, women who were accused of burning the city during the battle that ended the Commune.

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Gullickson argues that these caricatures played an important role in conveying and evoking moral condemnation of the Commune. More important, they reveal the gender conceptualizations that structured, limited, and assigned meaning to women as political actors for the balance of the nineteenth and well into the twentieth century.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801483189
SKU
V9780801483189
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About Gay L. Gullickson
Gay L. Gullickson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland.

Reviews for Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune (Pitt Ser.in Policy and Inst.Studies)
Gullickson offers a persuasive account based on an almost exhaustive marshaling of the relevant evidence.... a contribution to our fuller understanding of the Commune and its role in reinforcing gender stereotypes.
American Historical Review

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