Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America (Paperback, New edition)

With this book, Nancy Isenberg illuminates the origins of the women's rights movement. Rather than herald the singular achievements of the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, she examines the confluence of events and ideas--before and after 1848--that, in her view, marked the real birth of feminism. Drawing on a wide range of sources, she demonstrates that women's rights activists of the antebellum era crafted a coherent feminist critique of church, state, and family. In addition, Isenberg shows, they developed a rich theoretical tradition that influenced not only subsequent strains of feminist thought but also ideas about the nature of citizenship and rights more generally. By focusing on rights discourse and political theory, Isenberg moves beyond a narrow focus on suffrage. Democracy was in the process of being redefined in antebellum America by controversies over such volatile topics as fugitive slave laws, temperance, Sabbath laws, capital punishment, prostitution, the Mexican War, married women's property rights, and labor reform--all of which raised significant legal and constitutional questions. These pressing concerns, debated in women's rights conventions and the popular press, were inseparable from the gendered meaning of nineteenth-century citizenship. |Illuminates the origins of American feminism by showing how antebellum feminists moved beyond suffrage to influence thinking about the nature of citizenship and rights more generally.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Gender and American Culture
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	December 1998
Authors:	Nancy Isenberg
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8078-4746-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Pressure groups & lobbying Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-8078-4746-1
Barcode:	9780807847466

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