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Legislating the French family: feminism, theater, and republican politics, 1870-1920
Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
Year: 2004, c2003.
Publisher:  Rutgers University Press. 
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table of contents
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Frontispiece
Introduction
Part IThe Meanings of MarriageThe Politics of Separation and Divorce
Chapter 1Is France a "Latin Country"?Republican Citizenship and French National Identity in the Divorce Debates of 1870-1884
[Intro]
Madame Cavarlet: The Controversies, the Crowd, and the Critics
Divorce as a Feminist Reform
Feminist Protest and Naquet's Project
Naquet's Proposals and Public Responses
Naquet's Proposal in Parliament
Conclusion
Chapter 2"Fog from the North"Social Theater, Cosmopolitan Culture, and The Fin de Siècle Marriage Crisis, 1884-1902
[Intro]
Paul Hervieu and Les tenailles
Hervieu's Play and Its Public
Hervieu's Irène and Ibsen's Nora
Alternate Endings and Audience Appeal
Feminists, Socialists, and the Families of the Future
Social Theater, Social Reform, and the Reinterpretation of Revolutionary Rights
Liberty, Equality, and Divorce at the Will of One Person
Conclusion
Chapter 3"Two Forms of Thought, Two Civilizations, [and] Two Worlds"New Women, Free Unions, Separation, and Divorce, 1902-1914
[Intro]
Paul Bourget and His Attack on the Marguerittes
Bourget's Play and Its Public
The Matin Survey and the Téry Feuilleton
Separation of Church and State, Separation between Marriage and Divorce
Radicals' Reforms and Women's Rights
Conclusion
Part IIThe Meanings of MotherhoodThe Politics of Paternity Suits, Abortion, and Birth Control
Chapter 4"All Men Are [Not] Born Free and Equal in Rights"Gender, Generation, and Class Conflict in the Debate over Illegitimacy and Paternity Suits, 1870-1884
[Intro]
Augier's Fourchambault and Dumas fils's Fils naturel: Parallel Plots
Augier's Fourchambault and Dumas fils's Fils naturel: Surface Similarities and Deeper Differences
Plays, Politics, and Paternity Suits
Paternity Suits in Parliament
Conclusion
Chapter 5"Special Customs"Paternity Suits and the Limits of Citizenship in France and the Colonies, 1890-1912
[Intro]
Paternity Suits and Public Interest
Feminist Approaches to Social Reform
Paternity Suits in Parliament: Masters, Servants, and Working-Class Women
Paternity Suits in Parliament: French Men, Native Women, and Métis Children
Paternity Suits and Feminist Protest
Conclusion
Chapter 6"An Origin That Is Not French"Motherhood, Revolt, and Reproductive Rights before, during, and after the Great War
[Intro]
Motherhood and Revolt: Nelly Roussel and Par la révolte
Motherhood and Revolt: Eugène Brieux and Maternité
Depopulation: Gender, Professions, and Politics
Extraparliamentary Commissions and Parliamentary Proposals
Continuity and Change across the Great Divide
Conclusion
Conclusion
Additional ResourcesIllustrations
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1Republican Citizenship and National Identity
Chapter 2Social Theater, Cosmopolitan Culture, Marriage Crisis
Chapter 3New Women, Free Unions, Separation, and Divorce
Chapter 4Gender, Generation, and Class Conflict
Chapter 5Paternity Suits and the Limits of Citizenship
Chapter 6Motherhood, Revolt, and Repoductive Rights
Conclusion
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Archives and Special Collections in Paris
Additional Libraries and Archives
Selected Newspapers, Journals, and Other Serial Publications
Selected Books
Selected Secondary Sources
Index
A-E
F-N
O-Z
About the Author
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Title: Legislating the French family : feminism, theater, and republican politics, 1870-1920 / Jean Elisabeth Pedersen.
Author: Pedersen, Jean Elisabeth, 1959-
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Pedersen, Jean Elisabeth, 1959-
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2004, c2003.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.90016
Subject Headings: • Family -- France -- History
• Marriage -- France -- History
• Divorce -- France -- History
• Domestic relations -- France -- History
• Feminism -- France -- History
• Republicanism -- France -- History
• French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Family in literature
• Marriage in literature
• Divorce in literature
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