Women in the French enlightenment from femme savante to mother of the family / Anna Maria Marchini.
| Author/creator | Marchini, Anna Maria |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | xvii, 136 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Dalla femme savante alla madre di famiglia. English |
| Series | Routledge research in gender and history ; 47 |
| Abstract | "This volume deals with philosophical, scientific, and ideological images of women during the French Enlightenment, examining their emergence in the reflections of the philosophes, in Catholic morality, in biological and medical knowledge, in novels, in periodicals, and in the law. Alongside the appeals for social and intellectual emancipation advanced by the femmes savants, typical of the eighteenth-century salons, a new conception pertaining to women's social role related to the affirmation of the bourgeoisie and of its model of the family took place. Codified in a more complex and organized way within the Rousseauian philosophy, this new conception spread in various cultural debates, gaining a real hegemony: women were meant to be excluded from any "public" space, devoid of cultural aspirations, and only devoted to satisfying the needs of the family. The book adopts a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and synthetic approach and at the same time highlights what we can call the "roots" of some fundamental ways of considering women, still active in present-day society. It also addresses researchers in the history of philosophy, sociology, literature, and gender studies, and readers with an interest in women's issues"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "Published in Italian as Anna Maria Marchini, Dalla femme savante alla madre di famiglia, Aracne, Roma, 2020"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022005222 |
| ISBN | 9781032110677 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032110714 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |