ISBN:
9780415013697
,
9780203402788 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
269 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780203402788
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
305.30941
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Frau
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Großbritannien
Abstract:
Sexuality and Subordination uses the insights of a range of disciplines to examine the construction of gender in nineteenth-century Britain and France. With contributions from history, literature, sociology and philosophy, its interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the extent to which a common focus can illuminate problems inaccessible to any single discipline. 'Victorianism' is generally understood to mean sexual double standards, hypocrisy and prudery among the middle classes. But, as this collection shows, the representation of sexuality in the nineteenth century was more dive...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
