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Carte Women, Work, and Representation Lynn M. Alexander

Women, Work, and Representation

Needlewomen in Victorian Art and Literature

Autor: Lynn M. Alexander
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Copertă tare
Editura: Ohio University Press
Disponibilitate: Retipărire preconizată
Ediția 03. 07. 2026
449.35 lei
In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew; needlework was allied with images of d...

Informații despre carte

Autor
Lynn M. Alexander
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Copertă tare
Publicat
2003
Pagini
272
EAN
9780821414934
ISBN
0821414933
Enbook ID
04935363
Editura
Ohio University Press
Greutate
506
Dimensiuni
160 x 234 x 24

Descriere completă

In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew; needlework was allied with images of domestic economy and with traditional female roles of wife and mother - with home rather than factory. The professional seamstress, however, laboured long hours for very small wages creating gowns for the upper and middle classes. In her isolation and helplessness, she provided social reformers with a powerful image of working-class suffering that appealed to the sensibilities of the upper classes and helped galvanize public opinion around the need for reform. This study addresses the use of that image in the reform movement, underscoring the shock to the Victorian public when reports revealed that the profession of needlework was extremely hazardous, even deadly. Lynn M. Alexander traces the development of the symbol of the seamstress through a variety of presentations, drawing from the writings of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna and George W.M. Reynolds, and on visual representations by Richard Redgrave, Thomas Benjamin Kennington, John Everett Millais, John Leech, John Tenniel and Hubert von Herkomer. Written to appeal to Victorian scholars, women's studies scholars and those interested in semiotics and aestheticism, the book includes 20 illustrations, mostly from periodicals of the day, providing new insights into the lives of working women throughout the Victorian era.

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