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Sex and Class in Women's History: Essays from Feminist Studies book cover

1st Edition

Sex and Class in Women's History Essays from Feminist Studies

Edited By Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R. Walkowitz Copyright 2013
288 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge
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The essays collected in this volume reflect the upsurge of interest in the research and writing of feminist history in the 1970s/80s and illustrate the developments which have taken place – in the types of questions asked, the methodologies employed, and the scope and sophistication of the analytical approaches which have been adopted. Focusing on women in nineteenth-century Britain and... Read more

Foreword.  Editors’ Introduction  1. Class and Gender in Victorian England Leonore Davidoff  2. Freud’s Dora, Dora’s Hysteria Maria Ramas  3. Servants, Sexual Relations and the Risks of Illegitimacy in London, 1801-1900 John R. Gillis  4. Free Black Women and the Question of Matriarchy Suzanne Lebsock  5. The Power of Women’s Networks Mary P. Ryan  6. "The Men Are as Bad as Their Masters...": Socialism, Feminism and Sexual Antagonism in the London Tailoring Trade in the 1830s Barbara Taylor  7. One Hand Tied Behind Us: A Review Essay Christine Stansell  8. Examining Family History Rayna Rapp, Ellen Ross, Renate Bridenthal  9. The Doubled Vision of Feminist Theory Joan Kelly

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Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R. Walkowitz

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