ACLS Humanities E-Book: Civilization without sexes: reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927

Civilization without sexes: reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927

Roberts, Mary Louise.

Year: c1994.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press.

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Frontmatter

Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson

Acknowledgments

Introduction. This Civilization No Longer Has Sexes

1. La Femme Moderne

1. This Being Without Breasts, Without Hips

2. She Stood at the Center of a Shattered World

3. Women Are Cutting Their Hair as a Sign of Sterility

2. La Mere

4. A Matter of Life or Death

5. Madame Doesn't Want a Child

3. La Femme Seule

6. There is Something Else in Life Besides Love

7. We Must Facilitate the Transition to the New World

Conclusion. Are We Witnessing the Birth of a New Civilization

Notes

Index

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Title:

Civilization without sexes : reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927 Mary Louise Roberts.

Author:

Roberts, Mary Louise

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Civilization without sexes : reconstructing gender in postwar France, 1917-1927 Mary Louise Roberts.
Roberts, Mary Louise
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1994.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00495

Subject Headings:

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- France
• Sex role -- France -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- France
• Women -- France -- Social conditions

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• Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Brown University), 1990.
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