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1 online resource (vii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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INTRODUCTION; PART 1; FROM LETTERS TO A MOVEMENT; FEMINIST GENDER DEBATES IN FRANCE AND GERMANY; TRANS-NATIONAL FEMINISM; WHEN EAST MET WEST; TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISM IN THE MAKING; HARRIET MARTINEAU'S AMERICAN FEMINISM; FORWARD, SISTERS, FORWARD!; DANGEROUS TENDENCIES; PART 2; MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND ELIZABETH CADY STANTON; MARGARET FULLER AND OTHER LITERARY MIDWIVES; EMERSON, FULLER AND THE CAUSEOF WOMEN-REVIEWING AN INTELLECTUAL FRIENDSHIP; WENDELL [PHILLIPS], DON'T MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF; LETTER EXCHANGE IN THE LIFE OF BARBARA LEIGH SMITH BODICHON; MS. MAGAZINE AND ITS READERS |
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PART 3AN UNUSUALLY COSMOPOLITAN OUTLOOK; FROM SOUTHERN LADYTO SOUTHERN ACTIVIST; WRITING THE BLACK WOMAN, VOICING BLACK FEMINISM; FEMINISM AND ISLAM; CONTRIBUTORS |
| Summary |
Through the eighteen essays of this book, the reader becomes the beholder of a challenging survey of "feminism-in-the-making," from its early stages in the 18th century to the present, in Anglo-Saxon countries and elsewhere, including Eastern Europe and some places under the influence of communism or Islam. The development of exchanges and correspondence enabled feminism to pre-exist the word itself, which leads several contributors to ponder over its meaning as well as over the notion of inf .. |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Feminism -- History
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Sex role -- History
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Gender studies: women.
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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Feminism
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Sex role
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Women -- Social conditions
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Féminisme -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
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Féminisme -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
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Féminisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fillard, Claudette
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Orazi, Françoise
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| ISBN |
9781443824422 |
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1443824429 |
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128314140X |
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9781283141406 |
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