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UNINA9910806807003321 |
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Autore |
Wånggren Lena |
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Titolo |
Gender, technology and the new woman / / Lena Wånggren [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-3464-9 |
1-4744-1627-6 |
1-4744-1628-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
English literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
Feminism in literature |
Equality in literature |
Technology in literature |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The new woman in technological modernity -- Typewriters and typists: secretarial agency at the fin de siècle -- The 'freedom machine': the new woman and the bicycle -- Medical new women i: nurses -- Medical new women ii: doctors -- Technologies of detection. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines late nineteenth-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality. |
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