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Item Details
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ACTRESSES AS WORKING WOMEN
THEIR SOCIAL IDENTITY IN VICTORIAN CULTURE |
| By: |
Tracy C. Davis |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415063531 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415063531 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
27 June, 1991 |
| Series: |
Gender in Performance |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Using historical evidence and personal accounts, this text examines the reality of conditions for ordinary actresses. The book considers their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued as a popular, though insecure, profession. |
| Synopsis: |
In Victorian society performers were drawn from varying class backgrounds, and enjoyed a unique degree of social mobility. Nevertheless the living and working conditions of female performers were very different from those of their male colleagues. Their segregation and concentration in low-status jobs, like dancing, guaranteed economic insecurity. Their attempts to reconcile sexuality and the female life cycle to a physically demanding, itinerant occupation under constant public scrutiny led to assumptions about actresses' morality. These assumptions were constantly reinforced by theatrical conventions which reflected popular pornographic images, and were extremely difficult to overcome. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of theatre studies, women's studies, and social history. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, 15 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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