Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Rereading the Commune 1
6. Synopsis: La Commune de Paris 14
7. 1. The Women of March 18 24
8. 2. Remembering and Representing 57
9. 3. The Symbolic Female Figure 74
10. 4. The Femmes Fortes of Paris 120
11. 5. Les Petroleuses 159
12. 6. Women on Trial 191
13. 7. The Unruly Woman and the Revolutionary City 218
14. Notes 229
15. Selected Bibliography 263
16. Index 277