{"product_id":"vichy-and-the-eternal-feminine-9780822327745","title":"Vichy and the Eternal Feminine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eThis is an outstanding book—historical sociology and social history at its most original. Richly documented and drawing on a wide range of materials to produce the most incisive reading I’ve seen of this moment in French history, \u003ci\u003eVichy and the Eternal Feminine\u003c\/i\u003e is a model for historical studies of the formation and construction of social and political identity.”—Joan Scott, author of \u003ci\u003eOnly Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e Part 1: The Hypnotic Power of Punishment \u003cbr\u003e 1. Writers of the Defeat in Search of Eternity \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Church and Feminine Contrition \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Demographic Sin \u003cbr\u003e Part 2: The Culture of Sacrifice \u003cbr\u003e 4. Violence and State Propaganda \u003cbr\u003e 5. Heritage and Incarnations of Catholic Feminine Culture \u003cbr\u003e 6. Family Imperialism and Feminine Subjection \u003cbr\u003e Part 3: Biological Order and Social Order \u003cbr\u003e 7. “Natural” Hierarchies: Sexual Predestination and Social Predestination \u003cbr\u003e 8. Control of Bodies \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406028448087,"sku":"9780822327745","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vichy-and-the-eternal-feminine-9780822327745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}