Conduct books for girls in enlightenment France /

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Author / Creator:Berenguier, Nadine.
Imprint:Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (x, 283 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300597
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ISBN:9780754695431
0754695433
0754668754
9780754668756
9780754668756
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9781317162315
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9781317162308
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9781283089593
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:At the same time that secular and religious authorities suppressed women's efforts to read, conduct books written specifically for girls and young unmarried women emerged as a new genre. Nadine Berenguier offers an in-depth analysis of this development in eighteenth-century France, situating conduct books in the context of Enlightenment concerns about improving education in order to reform society. Her study contributes to our understanding of how print culture in eighteenth-century France gave shape to a specific social subset of new readers: modern girls.
Other form:Print version: Berenguier, Nadine. Conduct books for girls in enlightenment France. Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011