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Civilization without Sexes
Mary Louise Roberts
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Description for Civilization without Sexes
Paperback. After World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This book examines how, through public debates concerning female identity, French society came to grips with the horrors of the Great War. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
In the decade following World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This new gender confusion became a central metaphor for the War's impact on French culture and led to a marked increase in public debate concerning female identity and woman's proper role. Mary Louise Roberts examines how, in these debates, French society came to grips with the catastrophic horrors of the Great War. In sources as diverse as parliamentary records, newspaper articles, novels, medical texts, writings on sexology, and vocational literature, Roberts discovers a ... Read more
In the decade following World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This new gender confusion became a central metaphor for the War's impact on French culture and led to a marked increase in public debate concerning female identity and woman's proper role. Mary Louise Roberts examines how, in these debates, French society came to grips with the catastrophic horrors of the Great War. In sources as diverse as parliamentary records, newspaper articles, novels, medical texts, writings on sexology, and vocational literature, Roberts discovers a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226721224
SKU
V9780226721224
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Ref
99-50
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