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Roles and Identities in France and Spain
Lesley K. Twomey
ISBN: 9781841500409
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Intellect Books
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Which female figures are proposed for our admiration? Who proposes them and what values do they represent? This study offers an analysis of such religious/cultural icons. It addresses contemporary roles and issues concerning women in contemporary France and Spain.
Dealing with current events in France and Spain, this is the only comparative study of its kind, investigating how women construct their identities within the public sphere and highlighting the ways in which traditional or modern values impact on female identity in these countries. Which female figures are proposed for our admiration? Who proposes them and what values do they represent? This is an evaluation of womens lives at the end of the 20th Century the Century of Women celebrating the achievements and looking to opportunities presented by the century to come.
| ISBN | 1841500402 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9781841500409
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 001 | | Publisher | Intellect Books | | Weight (grammes) | 565 | | Imprint | Intellect Books | | Published in | Bristol | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Lives of Great Explorers | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2000 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | HQ1613.W65 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 305.420944 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Contributors | | | | | | List of Tables | | | | | | Preface and Dedication | | 1 | | | | Abbreviations | | 2 | | | | Introduction by Lesley K. Twomey | | 3 | | | | Women and Politics | | | | 1 | | Parity in French Politics by Sheila Perry and Sue Hart | | 9 | | 2 | | Women and Political Participation by Monica Threlfall | | 29 | | | | Women, Religion and Politics | | | | 3 | | The Image and Role of Women Promoted by the Extreme Right and Catholic Integrists in Contemporary France by Wiliam B. Smith | | 47 | | 4 | | 'Licencia mas amplia para matar'?: Changes to Spain's Abortion Law and the Traditionalist Catholic Response by Lesley K. Twomey | | 63 | | | | Women and Work | | | | 5 | | 'Still Working on it': Recent Steps towards Employment Equality in France by Jean Burrell | | 83 | | 6 | | Gendered Structures in the City: Management in Spain and Professional Identity in Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas by Lesley K. Twomey | | 93 | | | | Women and Feminisms | | | | 7 | | Feminism in Spain: A History of Love and Hate by Mercedes Carbayo-Abengozar | | 111 | | 8 | | Lesbian Identity in Contemporary Spain: 'One of the Greatest Taboos Ever' by Jacky Collins | | 127 | | 9 | | An Introduction to Julia Kristeva by Sylvie Gambaudo | | 139 | | | | Women and their Writing | | | | 10 | | The Quest for Identity in the Later Fiction of Simone de Beauvoir by Alison T. Holland | | 151 | | 11 | | Discursive Configurations of Identity in El cuarto de atras and Cronica del desamor by Vanessa Knights | | 171 |
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