Citoyennes Women and the Ideal of Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century France |
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| Author:
| Smart, Annie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61149-478-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Delaware Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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In Citoyennes, Annie Smart argues that many revolutionary and pre-revolutionary works constructed a civic identity for women and portrayed the home as a site for both civic virtue and private subjectivity. This interdisciplinary study offers a fresh interpretation of the role of women and the home in eighteenth-century France, and goes a long way to filling a gaping home in the contemporary literature on the subject.
In Citoyennes, Annie Smart argues that many revolutionary and pre-revolutionary works constructed a civic identity for women and portrayed the home as a site for both civic virtue and private subjectivity. This interdisciplinary study offers a fresh interpretation of the role of women and the home in eighteenth-century France, and goes a long way to filling a gaping home in the contemporary literature on the subject.