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UNINA9910450198703321 |
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Autore |
Davis Tracy C. <1960, > |
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Titolo |
Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture / / Tracy C. Davis |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1991 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-93447-5 |
1-134-93446-7 |
9786610442713 |
0-203-20001-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Women in the theater - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Actresses - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE; Family dynasties, recruitment, and career opportunities for women; The Profession's divisions of labour; Wages; SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY; The Female Surplus Question and the sex ratio; The female life; Professional welfare; THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY'; Actresses' defiance of socioeconomic prescriptions; Actresses and prostitutes; Sexual harassment; The quintessential sexual terror; ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCNE |
Costuming the erotic topographyGesture: 'Every little movement has a meaning of its own'; Figural composition in the mise en scne; Erotic verification; THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX IN SOCIETY AND THEATRE; The erotic neighbourhood outside the playhouse; Erotic zones within the playhouse; Forestalling the erotic; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their |
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working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and generated by them. |
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