Actresses as Working Women

Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture
1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-415-05652-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Gender in Performance

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Tracy C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I The Profession 1 THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE 2 SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY 3 THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND ‘RESPECTABILITY’ Part II Conditions of work 4 ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCÈNE 5 THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX IN SOCIETY AND THEATRE

Über Autor(innen)

Tracy C. Davis is Assistant Professor in Theatre and English at Northwestern University. She has written numerous articles on Victorian theatre and is co-editor of Routledge’s Gender and Performance Series.