Shame and the Anti-Feminist Backlash: Britain, Ireland and Australia, 1890-1920

by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa

Shame and the Anti-Feminist Backlash examines how women opposed to the feminist campaign for the vote in early twentieth-century Britain, Ireland, and Australia used shame as a political tool. It demonstrates just how proficient women were in employing a diverse vocabulary of emotions - drawing on concepts like embarrassment, humiliation, honour, courage, and chivalry - in the attempt to achieve their political goals. It looks at how far nationalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367867397
• ISBN13: 9780367867393
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"