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UNINA9910789466203321 |
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Titolo |
Suffer and be still : women in the Victorian Age / / edited by Martha Vicinus |
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Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-04526-7 |
0-203-45827-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Women - Great Britain - Social conditions |
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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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First published in 1972 by Methuen. |
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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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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<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> |
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