Democracy growing up : authority, autonomy, and passion in Tocqueville's Democracy in America /

In this feminist reading of Tocqueville's famous Democracy in America, Janara (political science, U. of British Columbia) explores the familial and gendered imagery used in the text to discuss American democracy. She argues that a feminized image of stable aristocratic order is placed in opposi...

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Main Author: Janara, Laura, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Series:SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues.
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