Ferguson, Eliza Earle.

Gender and Justice : Violence, Intimacy, and Community in Fin-De-Siècle Paris. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series ; v.128 . - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Problematizing Crimes of Passion -- 1 La Vie Intime -- 2 Material and Symbolic Household Management -- 3 Networks of Knowledge -- 4 Reciprocity and Retribution -- 5 Local Knowledge and State Power -- 6 Reading and Writing Stories of Intimate Violence -- Conclusion: "Men Who Kill and Women Who Vote" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Gender studies scholars will find Ferguson's analysis of the construction of gender particularly trenchant.

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