Publication

2000-02-01 - Northwestern University Press

Language

English

Word Count

57,500 words, Guess

Page Count

230 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99058128
  • Goodreads3291774
  • LibraryThing1614410

Classifications

  • LCCHQ1663 .E53 2000
  • LCCHQ1663.E53 2000
  • DDC305.4/2/0947
and 1 more
  • LCCHQ1663 .E53 1983

Description

"The first psychosocial study of the female intelligentsia in Russia, Mothers and Daughters explains how and why women radicals of the nineteenth century diverged from their male counterparts, describes the forces that led women to rebel, and discusses their mixed legacy to future generations. Barbara Alpern Engel examines her subject on three levels: the traditional family system; early feminism and women's rebellion against the family; and the causes and consequences of women's revolutionary activity. She describes the impact this revolt had on the family and the lives of radical women and the movement's role in inspiring a new feminine mythology. Throughout, Engel brings nineteenth-century women to life, humanizing history as she presents a case study of how the personal became political in a time and place very different from our own."--Jacket.

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  • Mothers and DaughtersPaperbackNorthwestern University Press2000-02-01

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