Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939

The following article focuses on matrimonial matchmakers during the interwar period in France. It analyzes the more than 4000 classified advertisements placed in L’intermédiaire discret, a newspaper based in Bordeaux, between 1921 and 1940. Through these short texts, single men and women sketched th...

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Main Author: Claire-Lise Gaillard
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Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne 2018-06-01
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/3064
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description The following article focuses on matrimonial matchmakers during the interwar period in France. It analyzes the more than 4000 classified advertisements placed in L’intermédiaire discret, a newspaper based in Bordeaux, between 1921 and 1940. Through these short texts, single men and women sketched the ideal roles which they ascribed to each sex through their descriptions of their ideal wife or husband. Classified advertisements this provide a unique window onto changes into the marital expectations of men and women during the interwar years in France. They provided a space in which traditional gender roles were powerfully reaffirmed by making explicit the rules of selection following the logic of a competitive market.
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Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
Genre & Histoire
marriage
classified advertisements/small ads
matrimonial press
twentieth century
demography
quantitative discourse analysis
title Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
title_full Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
title_fullStr Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
title_full_unstemmed Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
title_short Oscillations et réaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l’Intermédiaire Discret 1921-1939
title_sort oscillations et reaffirmations du genre dans les petites annonces de l intermediaire discret 1921 1939
topic marriage
classified advertisements/small ads
matrimonial press
twentieth century
demography
quantitative discourse analysis
url https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/3064
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