Doubting sex [[electronic resource] ] : inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories / / Geertje Mak
| Doubting sex [[electronic resource] ] : inscriptions, bodies and selves in nineteenth-century hermaphrodite case histories / / Geertje Mak |
| Autore | Mak Geertje |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.694 |
| Soggetto topico |
Intersexuality - History
Gender identity - History Sex role - History |
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anatomy
gender identity gender genitals inner self long nineteenth century sex sexuality social body |
| ISBN |
1-84779-469-6
1-78170-262-4 1-84779-429-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Inscription. Secrecy and disclosure: politics of containment -- Early sex reassignments and the absence of a sex of self -- Herculine Barbin -- Body. How to get the semen to the neck of the womb -- Justine Jumas: conflicting body politics -- The dislodgement of the person -- Self. Sex assignment around 1900: from a legal to a clinical issue -- The turn inwards -- Scripting the self: N. O. Body's autobiography -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791732503321 |
Mak Geertje
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| Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Female performers in British and American fiction / / Barbara Straumann
| Female performers in British and American fiction / / Barbara Straumann |
| Autore | Straumann Barbara |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.8008 |
| Collana | Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia book series |
| Soggetto topico | English literature - 19th century |
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Voice
gender long nineteenth century narrative fiction |
| ISBN |
3-11-055866-1
3-11-056104-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corinne and Her Aftereffects on the British Stage -- 3. Visionary Preaching in Britain and America -- 4. American Political Speakers -- 5. Acting Anxieties -- 6. Fin-de-Siècle Ventriloquism and Modernist Self-Authorship -- 7. Conclusion -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796766603321 |
Straumann Barbara
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| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Female performers in British and American fiction / / Barbara Straumann
| Female performers in British and American fiction / / Barbara Straumann |
| Autore | Straumann Barbara |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.8008 |
| Collana | Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia book series |
| Soggetto topico | English literature - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Voice
gender long nineteenth century narrative fiction |
| ISBN |
3-11-055866-1
3-11-056104-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corinne and Her Aftereffects on the British Stage -- 3. Visionary Preaching in Britain and America -- 4. American Political Speakers -- 5. Acting Anxieties -- 6. Fin-de-Siècle Ventriloquism and Modernist Self-Authorship -- 7. Conclusion -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812820803321 |
Straumann Barbara
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| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith
| The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.0873309 |
| Soggetto topico | Ghost stories, English - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
British ghost story
Charlotte Riddell Henry James May Sinclair Vernon Lee long nineteenth century spectral language spectrality spirit messages textual analysis |
| ISBN |
1-78170-000-1
1-84779-345-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 9780719074462; 9780719074462; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Seeing the spectre: an economic theory of the ghost story; 2 Dickens's spectres: sight, money,and reading the ghost story; 3 Money and machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts; 4 Love, money, and history: the female ghost story; 5 Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism; 6 Haunted houses and history: Henry James's Anglo-American ghosts; 7 Colonial ghosts: mimicry,history, and laughter; 8 M.R. James's Gothic revival; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791952503321 |
Smith Andrew <1964->
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| Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Manliness in Britain, 1760–1900 [[electronic resource] ] : Bodies, emotion, and material culture
| Manliness in Britain, 1760–1900 [[electronic resource] ] : Bodies, emotion, and material culture |
| Autore | Begiato Joanne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [S.l.], : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 305.31094109034 |
| Collana | Studies in design and material culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Human body - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Human body - Great Britain - History - 19th century Masculinity - Great Britain - History - 18th century Masculinity - Great Britain - History - 19th century Material culture - Great Britain - History - 18th century Material culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Bodies
Desire Emotions Gender Manliness Masculinity Material Culture Unmanliness Working-class men long nineteenth century |
| ISBN |
1-5261-5204-5
1-5261-2858-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793908103321 |
Begiato Joanne
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| [S.l.], : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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