03418nam 2200697Ia 450 991081702240332120200520144314.01-280-44271-91-134-93447-51-134-93446-797866104427130-203-20001-210.4324/9780203200018 (CKB)1000000000247565(EBL)169519(OCoLC)646718084(SSID)ssj0000081775(PQKBManifestationID)11119161(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081775(PQKBWorkID)10114096(PQKB)10349011(Au-PeEL)EBL169519(CaPaEBR)ebr10060847(CaONFJC)MIL44271(PPN)230071325(MiAaPQ)EBC169519(EXLCZ)99100000000024756519900828d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActresses as working women their social identity in Victorian culture /Tracy C. Davis1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19911 online resource (229 p.)Gender and performanceDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-06353-1 0-415-05652-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index.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 SCNECostuming 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; IndexUsing historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their 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.Gender and performance.Theater and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryWomen in the theaterGreat BritainHistory19th centuryActressesGreat BritainTheater and societyHistoryWomen in the theaterHistoryActresses306.4/84/082Davis Tracy C.1960-325126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817022403321Actresses as working women4188672UNINA