Having It All in the Belle Epoque How French Women's Magazines Invented the Modern Woman

Name: Having It All in the Belle Epoque How French Women's Magazines Invented the Modern Woman
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ISBN: 9780804784245

ISBN-10: 0804784248

ISBN-13: 9780804784245

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rachel Mesch

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At once deeply historical and surprisingly timely,Having it All in the Belle Epoqueshows how the debates that continue to captivate high-achieving women in America and Europe can be traced back to the early 1900s in France. The first two photographic magazines aimed at women,FeminaandLa Vie Heureusecreated a female role model who—unlike the fear-inducing New Woman—could balance age-old feminine convention with new equalities. Often referred to simply as the "modern woman," the feminine role model promoted inFeminaandLa Vie Heureusewas a bundle of decidedly new contradictions, as she embraced a newfound sense of equality without completely abandoning conventional gender roles. Full of never…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 7/3/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.29" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Femina, La Vie Heureuse and the Invention of the Femme Moderne



Readers and Writers



Chï¿½res lectrices: Cinderella Powder, Poet Queens and the Woman Reader



Beyond the Bluestocking: Images of Work-Life Balance in the Belle Epoque



The "Oriental" Authoress: Myriam Harry and Lucie Delarue-Mardrus



The Writer Writes Back



Texts and Contexts



A New Man for the New Woman? Belle Epoque Literary Feminism and the French Marriage Plot



Jean Lorrain's Women's Magazine: Emma Bovary Meets Celebrity Culture



A Belle Epoque Media Storm: Marcelle Tinayre and the Legion of Honor


Conclusion: Imagining the Acadï¿½micienne


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index