The Body and the French Revolution: Sex, Class and Political Culture

by Dorinda Outram

This book, first published in 1989, is an analysis of what changed in 1789 with the French Revolution and what contemporary life owes to the event. It was not simply a series of events with worldwide repercussions, but also represented the foundation of the middle-class domination of social, cultural and political space, which survives today and is the site of major crises of public culture. One such site is the body. In spite of its prominence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032126493
• ISBN13: 9781032126494
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"