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

• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 301.41/2/0942
• Soggetto topico: Women - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Women - Great Britain - Social conditions
• Altri autori: VicinusMartha
• 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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Suffer and be still
• ISBN: 1-135-04526-7; 0-203-45827-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789466203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Revivals