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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ Pr
Publication date
September 1, 2000
Pages
296
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Ill
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789053563854
ISBN-10
9053563857
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Europe
Original list price
$34.75
Other format details
university press
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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This original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power and, vice-versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects, processes which began around 1800. Based on the historian-/philosopher Foucault's concept of pastoral power, "caring power" also takes into account the vital role played by gender. Both humanitarian and religious motives fostered the ideal of serving the well-being of individual 'others' and thereby the interest of society as a whole.
With the rise of caring power, this book argues, women began to feel responsible for 'those of their own sex' and to organize themselves in all-female organizations. In the process they carved out new gender identities for themselves and the women in their care.
The authors illustrate this profound historical change with the work of the reformers Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and Josephine Butler (1828-1906) and trace their impact in Britain and the Netherlands.
With the rise of caring power, this book argues, women began to feel responsible for 'those of their own sex' and to organize themselves in all-female organizations. In the process they carved out new gender identities for themselves and the women in their care.
The authors illustrate this profound historical change with the work of the reformers Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and Josephine Butler (1828-1906) and trace their impact in Britain and the Netherlands.
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Ill edition from Amsterdam Univ Pr (September 1, 2000)
9789053563854 | details & prices | 296 pages | 6.50 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $34.75
About: This original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power and, vice-versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects, processes which began around 1800.
About: This original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power and, vice-versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects, processes which began around 1800.
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