LEADER 03482nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910778221803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-25912-1 010 $a9786612259128 010 $a1-4008-3085-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400830855 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788460 035 $a(EBL)457860 035 $a(OCoLC)437268351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110786 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139206 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110786 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064986 035 $a(PQKB)11726676 035 $a(OCoLC)608173197 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43026 035 $a(DE-B1597)453556 035 $a(OCoLC)979741902 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400830855 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10320502 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL225912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457860 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788460 100 $a20060616d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween women$b[electronic resource] $efriendship, desire, and marriage in Victorian England /$fSharon Marcus 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12820-0 311 $a0-691-12835-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-346) and index. 327 $aThe female relations of Victorian England -- Friendship and the play of the system -- Just reading: female friendship and the marriage plot -- Dressing up and dressing down the feminine plaything -- The female accessory in Great expectations -- The genealogy of marriage -- Contracting female marriage in Can you forgive her? -- Woolf, Wilde and girl dates. 330 $aWomen in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. A few had sexual relationships with each other, exchanged rings and vows, willed each other property, and lived together in long-term partnerships described as marriages. But, as Sharon Marcus shows, these women were not seen as gender outlaws. Their desires were fanned by consumer culture and their friendships and unions were accepted and even encouraged by family, society, and church. Far from being sexless angels defined only by male desires, Victorian women openly enjoyed looking at and even dominating other women. Their friendships helped realize the ideal of companionate love between men and women celebrated by novels, and their unions influenced politicians and social thinkers to reform marriage law.--From publisher description. 606 $aWomen$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xSocial networks$zEngland 606 $aLesbians$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aFemale friendship$zEngland 606 $aWomen in literature 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial networks 615 0$aLesbians$xHistory. 615 0$aFemale friendship 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a306.84/8094209034 700 $aMarcus$b Sharon$f1966-$01567731 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778221803321 996 $aBetween women$93839341 997 $aUNINA