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Consumption, domesticity, and the female body in Emile Zola's fiction

Consumption, domesticity, and the female body in Emile Zola's fiction

Susie Hennessy

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"This book looks at Zola's treatment of women alongside 19th century texts about the domestic world, telling a story about French society coming to grips with a rapidly changing world while providing a socio-historical context for his characterization of women" --

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OL Work ID
OL22317174W

Subjects

Consumption (Economics) in literatureKnowledgeSex role in literaturePolitical and social viewsFood in literatureManners and customsSocial values in literatureWomen in literature

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