A Belle Epoque?

Women and Feminism in French Society and Culture 1890-1914

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, France, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
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Author: ISBN: 9780857457011
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: January 1, 2006
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780857457011
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: January 1, 2006
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

The Third Republic, known as the ‘belle époque’, was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the contradiction between the Republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the reality of intense and systematic gender discrimination. Yet, it also was a period of intense and varied artistic production, with women disproving the critical nearconsensus that art was a masculine activity by writing, painting, performing, sculpting, and even displaying an interest in the new "seventh art" of cinema. This book explores all these facets of the period, weaving them into a complex, multi-stranded argument about the importance of this rich period of French women’s history.

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The Third Republic, known as the ‘belle époque’, was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the contradiction between the Republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the reality of intense and systematic gender discrimination. Yet, it also was a period of intense and varied artistic production, with women disproving the critical nearconsensus that art was a masculine activity by writing, painting, performing, sculpting, and even displaying an interest in the new "seventh art" of cinema. This book explores all these facets of the period, weaving them into a complex, multi-stranded argument about the importance of this rich period of French women’s history.

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