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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789466203321

Titolo

Suffer and be still : women in the Victorian Age / / edited by Martha Vicinus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-04526-7

0-203-45827-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

VicinusMartha

Disciplina

301.41/2/0942

Soggetti

Women - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women - Great Britain - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1972 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Perfect Victorian Lady; 1: The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society; 2: From Dame to Woman: W. S. Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism; 3: Victorian Women and Menstruation; 4: Marriage, Redundancy or Sin: The Painter's View of Women in the First Twenty-Five Years of Victoria's Reign; 5: A Study of Victorian Prostitution and Venereal Disease; 6: Working-Class Women in Britain, 1890-1914; 7: The Debate over Women: Ruskin vs. Mill

8: Stereotypes of Femininity in a Theory of Sexual Evolution9: Innocent Femina Sensualis in Unconscious Conflict; 10: The Women of England in a Century of Social Change, 1815-1914: A Select Bibliography; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. It offers a valuable insight into Victorian culture and society.</P>