The Frail Social Body: Pornography, Homosexuality, and Other Fantasies in Interwar France
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Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, cultural critics there–journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators, among others–worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. Carolyn J. Dean shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the “bodily integrity” of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. Dean’s provocative work demonstrates the importance of this conce… More >>
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Loving Protection?: Australian Feminism and Aboriginal Women’s Rights 1919-1939
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This title investigates the efforts of white female activists during the 1920s and 1930s to bring about reforms in the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia. It links feminist theory and race relations…. More >>
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The Love that Shouted for Joy!
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“So this is what I believe: when we were unborn souls, some of us were recruited… A certain number of men and women were needed at this time in history to make a point to the world about the inevitability of loving one another in myriad ways. The mission and the challenge appealed to me.” The Love that Shouted for Joy! is a series of vignettes, scattered in space and time, about the complications that arise when two people decide to marry. The fact that the… More >>