Gender and justice : violence, intimacy, and community in fin-de siècle Paris

Gender and justice : violence, intimacy, and community in fin-de siècle Paris / Eliza Earle Ferguson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Eliza Earle, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Series:Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 128th ser., 1.
Subjects:
Crimes of passion > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Marital violence > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Women > Crimes against > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Working class > France > Paris > Social conditions > 19th century.
Murder > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Problematizing crimes of passion
  • La vie intime
  • Material and symbolic household management
  • Networks of knowledge
  • Reciprocity and retribution
  • Local knowledge and state power
  • Reading and writing stories of intimate violence
  • Conclusion : "Men who kill and women who vote."

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