Table of Contents

A Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age, Edited by Liz Conor

Introduction

The Life Cycle, Catherine Kevin, Flinders University, Australia

Bodies and Sexuality, Zora Simic, University of New South Wales, Australia

Religion and Popular Beliefs, Maureen Perkins, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Medicine and Disease, Mary Kleinman, Loyola University Chicago and Alice J. Dan, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Public and Private, Bronwyn Winter, University of Sydney, Australia

Education and Work, Deborah Simonton,University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Power, June Hannam, University of the West of England, UK

Artistic Representation, Janell Hobson, University at Albany, SUNY, USA

Promotional Information

A broad overview of the history of women in the modern age.

About the Author

Liz Conor is Research Fellow in the Dept of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and author of The Spectacular Modern Woman: Feminine Visibility in the 1920s and co-editor of Double Take: Colonial Visualities.