Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2012

Gender, sexuality and political culture

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"Looking at the revolutionary period through the lens of gender and sexuality has not only deepened our understanding of the construction of democracy, but also changed how we define its most basic figure: the individual. This chapter touches upon two paradigms that are equally valid for the history of masculinity: sexualist paradigm and patriarchal paradigm. Bringing light to bear on them allows us to understand not only why the French Revolution had such an asymmetrical effect on the rights of men and of women, but also how historiography has dealt with this inequality. (...)"

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halshs-00748875 , version 1 (06-11-2012)

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Anne Verjus. Gender, sexuality and political culture. McPhee, Peter. A companion to the French Revolution, Wiley-Blackwell, pp.196-211, 2012, Blackwell companions to European history, ⟨10.1002/9781118316399.ch12⟩. ⟨halshs-00748875⟩
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