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English Feminists and Their Opponents in the 1790s - Unsex'D and Proper Females (Paperback) Loot Price: R597
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English Feminists and Their Opponents in the 1790s - Unsex'D and Proper Females (Paperback): William Stafford

English Feminists and Their Opponents in the 1790s - Unsex'D and Proper Females (Paperback)

William Stafford

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This fascinating book examines what sixteen radical and conservative, famous and notorious British women wrote about their sex in the 1790s. It offers the most comprehensive survey of what they thought about their fellow women with regard to love, sexual desire and marriage; their domestic roles and their engagement in the 'public' sphere; and issues of gender and female abilities including sensibility and genius. How contemporary reviewers divided women writers into 'unsex'd' and 'proper' is investigated, as is the issue of whether they attempted to exclude women from certain kinds of writing. The book reveals the depth of female complaint but contends that women did not passively submit. Conservative and radicals alike sought to extend their sphere of activity, to reform men, challenge gender stereotypes and propose that a woman should be a self for herself and her God rather than for her husband. -- .

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Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2010
First published: 2002
Authors: William Stafford
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-8217-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN: 0-7190-8217-X
Barcode: 9780719082177

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