Femme et Folie sous l’Ancien Regime

edited by Marianne Closson and Nathalie Grande

Book cover: Femme et Folie sous l’Ancien Regime

Extent: 361 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, Gender & Sexuality

Series: Masculin/feminin dans l'Europe moderne

Series volume number: 36, 16

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782406141709

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $45.00

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Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782406141716

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $94.00

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Women’s mental pathologies, long related to the body and sexuality, are said to be evidence of their intellectual and moral weakness. Mad in and of their bodies, women would be inclined to deviant behaviour. The question of gender is therefore central to the study of madness and its representation.

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