An edition of Representing female artistic labour, 1848-1890
(2006)
Representing female artistic labour, 1848-1890
refining work for the middle-class woman
by Patricia Zakreski
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Patricia Zakreski uses the structure of the gender borderland to describe women's relationship to work. She shows how the notion of work for women was not only refined by reference to the domestic ideal, but also came to be seen as an experience with intrinsic refining qualities in itself.
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Actresses, Employment, History, Middle class women, Needleworkers, Sex role in literature, Women, Women artists, Women authors, Work in literature, Women, employment, great britain, Women, great britain, Femmes de la classe moyenne, Travail, Histoire, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Travail dans la littérature, Travailleuses à l'aiguille, Femmes artistes, Écrivaines, Actrices, Femmes, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Labor, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Labor & Industrial Relations, English Women authorsPlaces
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Table of Contents
Introduction: refining work
Needlework and creativity in representations of the seamstress
A suitable employment for women: the woman artist and the principle of compatibility
The difference is great in being known to write and setting up for an authoress: representing the writing woman
Unceasing industry: work and the actress.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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