TY - BOOK AU - McIlvanney,Siobhán TI - Figurations of the feminine in the early French women's press, 1758-1848 T2 - Eighteenth-century worlds SN - 9781786949936 AV - HQ1616 PY - 2019/// CY - Liverpool PB - Liverpool University Press KW - Feminism KW - France KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Féminisme KW - Histoire KW - 18e siècle KW - 19e siècle KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Minority Studies KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - Electronic books N1 - Introduction -- 1. Women's roles, rights and representations in France, 1758-1848 -- 2. Women writers and readers : the beginnings of French women's journals and Le Journal des dames (1759-1778) -- 3. Educating the female consumer : early fashion journals -- 4. A woman's place : marriage and homemaking in the early domestic press -- 5. Reforming the feminine : early feminist journals -- Conclusion N2 - The origins and early years of the French women's press represent a pivotal period in the history of French women's self-expression and their feminist and cultural consciousness. Through a range of insightful textual analyses, this book highlights the political significance of this critically neglected literary medium UR - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvqr1bqv ER -