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Author:

Mesch, Rachel, author.

Title:

Having it all in the Belle Epoque : how French women's magazines invented the modern woman / Rachel Mesch.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women's periodicals, French--France--History--20th century.
French literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Feminist literature--France--History and criticism.
Feminism--France--History--20th century.
Femininity in literature.
Women in literature.
Femininity in art.
Women in art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Femina, La vie heureuse and the invention of the femme moderne -- Chères 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 -- 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 académicienne.

ISBN:

0804784248 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804784245 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2013013863

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)