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The first sustained feminist interpretation of Tocqueville's classic, Democracy in America.

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Author:   Laura Janara
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780791454411

ISBN 10:   079145441
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   12 September 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION 1. ""THE KEY TO ALMOST THE WHOLE WORK"" French and U.S. Discourse Interpreting Tocqueville's Imagery: A Psychoanalytic Framework What Tocqueville Fears: Democracy's Three Potentialities The Abyss Interpreting Tocquevilles' Imagery: Tocqueville in History Dinnerstein's Theory and Tocqueville's Democracy Diagnosing the Democratic Psyche 2. GENEALOGY, BIRTH, AND GROWTH Democracy in France: Urchin Orphan Democracy in America: Wilderness Expecting Saginaw: A Scarcely Formed Embryo Mother England Resisting the Mother: Democracy as Adolescent 3. ADOLESCENCE AND MATURITY Adolescence Manliness or Individualism? Democracy in School Passion for Equality's Charms Religion, Mores, Morality: Female Bulwark for Maturity Democratic Maturity? 4. HOMO PUER ROBUSTUS: PROPERTY, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY The Impulse for Enterprise Anxiety and Unsated Desire Exploiting the Land, Fearing the Flesh, Ennobling Money Money, Marriage, and Manly Citizenship Middle Class Desire and the Stilling of Politics Workers, Owners, and the Veil of Contract The State as Parent 5. IMPOTENCE AND INFANTILISM Hypermasculine Individualism Public Opinion: Elle mene le monde Female Administration: Male Government The Guardian State Infantilism and Impotence 6. DEMOCRACY'S FAMILY VALUES Democracy as Self-Mastery: Fathers, Sons, and Brothers Girls: Democracy's Shadow Figures Fear and Desire: Containing the American Woman Marriage and Sex: Resurrecting Order Democracy's Gender and Family Foundations CONCLUSION: FAMILY, GENDER, AND DEMOCRATIC MATURITY Notes Bibliography Index"

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Janara ... provides us with a key to Tocqueville's subconscious thoughts based on his language, which is rich in the imagery of familial and gender relationships. She does this in a nuanced, original and convincing way. - Perspectives on Politics Democracy Growing Up consistently illuminates the hitherto undiscussed gender structure and entailments of Tocqueville's commentaries and has lots of surprising things to say on other specific aspects of his thought. It is a provocative and substantial contribution to the literature on Tocqueville. - Mark T. Reinhardt, Williams College

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Laura Janara is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

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