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Autore |
Gorham Deborah |
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The Victorian girl and the feminine ideal / / Deborah Gorham |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-24810-2 |
0-203-10409-9 |
1-283-89384-3 |
1-136-24811-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Women's history ; ; v. 19 |
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305.230820942 |
305.4/2/0942 |
305.420942 |
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Soggetti |
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Women - England - History - 19th century |
Women - England |
Girls - England - History - 19th century |
Mothers and daughters - England - History - 19th century |
Middle class families - England - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in 1982"--T.p. verso. |
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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; Copyright; CONTENTS; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One; 1. Women and Girls in the Middle-class Family: Images and Reality; 2. The Victorian Middle-class Girl: An Overview; 3. 'Sunbeams' and 'Hoydens': Images of Girlhood in the Victorian Period; Part Two; 4. Victorian Advice about the Management of Female Childhood; 5. A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body: Victorian Advice about the Management of Female Puberty; 6. The Proper Young Lady: Victorian Advice about Correct Female Behaviour in Adolescence; Part Three; 7. Early-Victorian Girlhood Experience |
8. Mid-Victorian Girlhood Experience9. Late-Victorian Epilogue; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Victorian England, the perception of girlhood arose not in isolation, but as one manifestation of the prevailing conception of femininity. Examining the assumptions that underlay the education and upbringing |
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