Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture /
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| Author / Creator: | Davis, Tracy C., 1960- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1991. |
| Description: | xvi, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender and performance |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1290299 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-191) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415056527 0415063531 |