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Uneven developments : the ideological work of gender in mid-Victorian England /

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Main Author: Poovey, Mary (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Series:Women in culture and society.
Subjects:
Sex role > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Anesthesia in obstetrics > History > 19th century.
Divorce > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women authors, English > Social conditions.
Governesses > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Nurses > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Sex role in literature.
Women authors > Social conditions.
RoÌ,le selon le sexe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e sieÌ€cle.
AnestheÌ?sie en obsteÌ?trique > Histoire > 19e sieÌ€cle.
Divorce > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
EÌ?crivaines > Conditions sociales.
Gouvernantes > Conditions sociales.
Infirmières > Conditions sociales.
RoÌ,le selon le sexe dans la litteÌ?rature.
EÌ?crivaines anglaises > Conditions sociales.
Gouvernantes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
Infirmières > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Anesthesia in obstetrics.
Divorce.
Nurses > Social conditions.
Sex role.
Great Britain.
Sekseverschillen.
Werkende vrouwen.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The Ideological Work of Gender; 2 Scenes of Indelicate Character: The Medical Treatment of Victorian Women; 3 Covered but Not Bound: Caroline Norton and the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act; 4 The Man-of-Letteres Hero: David Copperfield and the Professional Writer; 5 The Anathematized Race: The Governess and Jane Eyre; 6 A Housewifely Woman: The Social Construction of Florence Nightingale; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.