The politics of gender in Victorian Britain : masculinity, political culture, and the struggle for women's rights /

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Author / Creator:	Griffin, Ben.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 352 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History. Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History. Feminism -- Great Britain -- History. Feminism. Masculinity. Politics and government Women's rights. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. Great Britain. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11829860

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ISBN:	9781139224710 1139224719 9781139057530 1139057537 9781139221283 1139221280 1280485361 9781280485367 9781107015074 1107015073 9781139218191 1139210025 9781139210027 1139222996 9781139222990 9786613580344 6613580341 1139218190 9781139218191 1139215108 9781139215107
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"This groundbreaking history of Victorian politics, feminism and parliamentary reform challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights and demonstrates how political activity has been shaped by changes in the history of masculinity. From the second half of the nineteenth century Britain's all-male parliament began to transform the legal position of women as it reformed laws that had upheld male authority for centuries. To explain these revolutionary changes, Ben Griffin looks beyond the actions of the women's movement alone and shows how the behaviour and ideologies of male politicians were fundamentally shaped by their gender. He argues that changes to women's rights were not simply the result of changing ideas about women but also changing beliefs about masculinity, religion and the nature of the constitution and, in doing so, demonstrates how gender inequality can be created and reproduced by the state"--
Other form:	Print version: Griffin, Ben. Politics of gender in Victorian Britain. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107015074
Standard no.:	9786613580344

Table of Contents:

'Feminism' and the history of women's rights
The domestic ideology of Victorian patriarchy
Class, liberalism and the erosion of Victorian domestic ideology
Religious change and the transformation of domestic ideology
The politics of paternity
Performing masculinities in the House of Commons
Classes, interests and parliamentary reform
The instability of the 1867 settlement, the secret ballot and women's suffrage
Redefining 'fitness': from the educated voter to household suffrage
The road to democracy, 1885-1906
Conclusion.

The politics of gender in Victorian Britain : masculinity, political culture, and the struggle for women's rights /

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