{"product_id":"fears-and-fantasies-kate-murphy-9781433109508","title":"Fears and Fantasies: Modernity, Gender, and the Rural-Urban Divide","description":"\u003ci\u003eFears and Fantasies: Modernity, Gender, and the Rural-Urban Divide\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which fantasies about returning to, or revitalising, rural life helped to define Western modernity in the early twentieth century. Scholarship addressing responses to modernity has focused on urban space and fears about the effects of city life; few studies have considered the 'rural' to be as critical as the 'urban' in understanding modernity. This book argues that the rural is just as significant a reference point as the urban in discourses about modernity. Using a rich Australian case study to illuminate broader international themes, it focuses on the role of gender in ideas about the rural-urban divide, showing how the country was held up against the 'unnatural' city as a space in which men were more 'masculine' and women more 'feminine'. \u003ci\u003eFears and Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative and important contribution to scholarship in the fields of history and gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433109506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433109508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 89","brand":"Kate Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088233017599,"sku":"9781433109508","price":111.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_388dfc29-f95b-4ce8-bb1d-296c474dcb08.jpg?v=1769103791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fears-and-fantasies-kate-murphy-9781433109508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}