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Sex, honor and citizenship in early third republic France

A repositioning of French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honour system. Whether activists demanded admission to the popular ritual of the duel or publicly shamed men for their extramarital sexual behaviour, they appropriated extralegal hono...

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Main Authors: Mansker, Andrea.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Genders and sexualities in history
Subjects:
Women's rights > History > 19th century > France.
Women > Social conditions > 19th century > France.
Social & cultural history > 20th century > 20th century > France.
Gender studies: women > 20th century > 20th century > France.
European history > 20th century > 20th century > France.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > 20th century > 20th century > France.
History.
France > Politics and government > 1870-1940.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230348196
Summary: A repositioning of French women's struggle for suffrage within the distinct cultural landscape of the masculine honour system. Whether activists demanded admission to the popular ritual of the duel or publicly shamed men for their extramarital sexual behaviour, they appropriated extralegal honour codes to enact new civic and familial identities.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230294035, 2011.
Carrier Form: 320 p.
ISBN: 9780230294035
9780230348196 :
023034819X :
CLC: D445.659
Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 'Mademoiselle Arria Ly Wants Blood!' The New Woman and the Debate over Female Honour The Sexual Insult: Medicalized Views of Singleness during the Long Nineteenth Century Rethinking Honour in the Republican Family: Fin-de-Siecle Divorce Suits The Honour of a Name: Marital Status, Property, and the Patronymic The Feminist Politics of the Female Surplus: Constructing Citizenship through Singleness Sexual Citizenship and the Political Culture of Shame in the Women's Movement Conclusion: Giving the Lie Notes Index.

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