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Gender in Transition: Discourse and Practice in German-Speaking Europe 1750-1830 (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany) by Ulrike Gleixner, Marion W. Gray (eds) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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The late Enlightenment saw an acute transformation of gender definitions in the German cultural areas of Europe, leading to a “polarization” of the sexes. Where early modern cultural norms had once affirmed a multitude of differences within society, modernity was founded on an ideal of equality which, although embraced as universal, in practice applied only to white male citizens. The new dichotomies of gender, socioeconomic status, and race created by this disparity between rhetoric and practic

Who reads Gender in Transition: Discourse and Practice in German-Speaking Europe 1750-1830 (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Ulrike Gleixner, Marion W. Gray (eds)
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780472069439
Category
history
Subjects
Science, History, Social Sciences
Updated
2026-03-25

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