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| Preface | ||
| 1 | Gender and Culture in the Late Eighteenth Century | |
| Ch. 1 | Gendered Rococo as Political Provocation | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Infant Eros and Human Infant | 23 |
| Ch. 3 | Social Woman: Between Nature and Culture | 76 |
| Ch. 4 | The War of the Sexes: From the Fall of Merteuil to the Rise of Brutus | 133 |
| 2 | 1789 and After | |
| Ch. 5 | Women's Early Revolution | 213 |
| Ch. 6 | Goddesses and Allegories | 252 |
| Ch. 7 | The Limits to Women's Action as Empowerment, 1792-1795 | 285 |
| Ch. 8 | The Maenad Factor; Or Sex, Politics, and Murderousness | 307 |
| Ch. 9 | Caritas and the Republic: Imageries of the Breast | 341 |
| Postlude | 369 | |
| Notes | 387 | |
| Index | 429 |
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Gilbert Esquivel
reviewed The twilight of the goddesses on October 19, 2011
The twilight of the goddesses
More like 4.5 stars.
Women's roles in revolution has interested me ever since I studied Modern European history at uni so I was very excited when I found this book. I was even more excited when I discovered it covered some territory I wasn't all that familiar with.
This accessible bio covers the lives of six women (from all classes) who lived and were politically active (or as active as women were allowed to be) during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. It refreshingly tells the 'other' side of the story, essentially how the various political ideologies and stages of this tumultuous time in France changed women's influence and positions in society. And while that may sound somewhat dry it wasn't at all. I found it very readable and at times almost gossipy (my favourite type of bio) although that's not to say it wasn't well researched with lots of notes, references, glossaries and gorgeous colour plates. Be warned though, it probably pays to know your French Rev. basics before reading as what the men did is mainly covered in reference to the women.
Most enjoyable, as was reading it with my good friend Kim :-).
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