Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture / / Tracy C. Davis
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| Autore: |
Davis Tracy C. <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture / / Tracy C. Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1991 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4/84/082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Theater and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Women in the theater - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Actresses - Great Britain | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 SCNE |
| Costuming 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Using 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Actresses as working women |
| ISBN: | 1-280-44271-9 |
| 1-134-93447-5 | |
| 1-134-93446-7 | |
| 9786610442713 | |
| 0-203-20001-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817022403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Gender and performance.