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What it Means to be Human Reflections from 1791 to the Present

Paperback • 2013 • English

What it Means to be Human Reflections from 1791 to the Present

By Joanna Bourke

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About the book

In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she protested the fact that women were not treated as fully human. In reality, their status was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. What does it mean to be 'human' rather than 'animal'? If the Ernest Englishwoman had turned her gaze to the previous ce...Show more

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9781844086450

Publisher

Virago

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

What it Means to be Human Reflections from 1791 to the Present

Format

Paperback

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