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Mary Louise Roberts

Civilization without Sexes

Reconstructing Gender in Postwar France, 1917-1927

352 pages, 25 halftones  6 x 9  © 1994
Series: Women in Culture and Society Series

Cloth $70.00

ISBN: 9780226721217   Published March 1994

Paper $28.00

ISBN: 9780226721224   Published March 1994

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ISBN: 9780226721279

Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson
Acknowledgments
Introduction - This Civilization No Longer Has Sexes
Part One - La Femme Moderne
1. This Being Without Breasts, Without Hips
2. She Stood at the Center of a Shattered World
3. Women Are Cutting Their Hair as a Sign of Sterility
Part Two - La Mère
4. A Matter of Life or Death
5. Madame Doesn't Want a Child
Part Three - La Femme Seule
6. There Is Something Else in Life besides Love
7. We Must Facilitate the Transition to the New World
Conclusion - Are We Witnessing the Birth of a New Civilization?
Notes
Index
Subjects



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