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A woman's place : gender and class in Manet's Paris

Edouard Manet's paintings of working-class women reflect the dramatic social changes which occurred in Paris during the late nineteenth century. This thesis examines Manet's paintings which represent some of the sites of femininity within modern Paris: the home and garden, the prostitute's bedroom, and the new public sphere of the boulevards and cafes. With references to contemporary writings and social histories, the result of this study is a more profound understanding of how Modernism affected women's lives and the way in which they were represented in art.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.22459
Date January 1991
CreatorsPatten, James
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Department of Art History.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 001270145, proquestno: MM74724, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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