La voix de son maître

This article analyzes the complex relationship between radical intellectuals writing for The Masses and the most radical wing of the feminist movement in the 1910s. Even though radical thinkers tended to support wholeheartedly women’s rights and equality in theory, they were quite reluctant to shar...

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Auteur principal: Ollivier-Mellios, Anne
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spelling cairn-RFEA_114_0010RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2007-4-page-10?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.114.0010 La voix de son maître Ollivier-Mellios, Anne2007 années 1910avant-gardesféminismePremière Guerre mondialeradicalismeThe Massesvie intellectuelle1910savant-gardesfeminismintellectual liferadicalismThe MassesWorld War Ifre Revue française d’études américaines | 114 | 4 | 2007-12-17 | p. 10-24 | 0397-7870 RFEA_11416 This article analyzes the complex relationship between radical intellectuals writing for The Masses and the most radical wing of the feminist movement in the 1910s. Even though radical thinkers tended to support wholeheartedly women’s rights and equality in theory, they were quite reluctant to share intellectual power with women in practice, fearing the negative impact women might have on American cultural life. In spite of such misgivings, these intellectuals remained quite supportive and helped the feminist cause in many respects. They tended to see feminism as a central component (along with socialism for instance) of their fight for social, economic and cultural changes. World War I put an end to the short-lived cooperation between these two avant-gardes ; indeed the war split both intellectual and feminist ranks at a time when the American government branded radical activities as un-American. Thereafter, feminism lost some of its appeal and very few intellectuals (except perhaps V.F. Calverton) in the 1920s continued to support feminism as a major radical cause.Cairn free access
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topic années 1910
avant-gardes
féminisme
Première Guerre mondiale
radicalisme
The Masses
vie intellectuelle
1910s
avant-gardes
feminism
intellectual life
radicalism
The Masses
World War I
spellingShingle années 1910
avant-gardes
féminisme
Première Guerre mondiale
radicalisme
The Masses
vie intellectuelle
1910s
avant-gardes
feminism
intellectual life
radicalism
The Masses
World War I
Ollivier-Mellios, Anne
La voix de son maître
topic_facet années 1910
avant-gardes
féminisme
Première Guerre mondiale
radicalisme
The Masses
vie intellectuelle
1910s
avant-gardes
feminism
intellectual life
radicalism
The Masses
World War I
description This article analyzes the complex relationship between radical intellectuals writing for The Masses and the most radical wing of the feminist movement in the 1910s. Even though radical thinkers tended to support wholeheartedly women’s rights and equality in theory, they were quite reluctant to share intellectual power with women in practice, fearing the negative impact women might have on American cultural life. In spite of such misgivings, these intellectuals remained quite supportive and helped the feminist cause in many respects. They tended to see feminism as a central component (along with socialism for instance) of their fight for social, economic and cultural changes. World War I put an end to the short-lived cooperation between these two avant-gardes ; indeed the war split both intellectual and feminist ranks at a time when the American government branded radical activities as un-American. Thereafter, feminism lost some of its appeal and very few intellectuals (except perhaps V.F. Calverton) in the 1920s continued to support feminism as a major radical cause.
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title La voix de son maître
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title_full La voix de son maître
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