Session of ASECS
Denver, March 21-23, 2019
Proposals by September 15, 2018
From François Poulain de la Barre and Gabrielle Suchon to Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft, feminist authors identified the institution of marriage as a crucial obstacle to equality and rights. Marriage was not just a time worn analogy through which theorists of absolutism such as Jean Bodin or Robert Filmer had described the relation of sovereign to subject. It was the primary mechanism for consolidating assets and juridical power in the hands of men. This panel welcomes papers that showcase the diversity of feminist approaches to marriage over the course of the long eighteenth century. Emphasis on the political character of feminist critique of marriage encouraged.
Send your proposals to Angela Hunter anhunter@ualr.edu