Robinson-Tomsett Women, travel and identity

Journeys by rail and sea, 1870–1940
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1247-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Gender in History

Explores British women's journeys abroad on steamships and trains during a period of great social, cultural and technical change, using a wide variety of sources including women's letters and diaries, contemporary art, advertising, fiction and etiquette guides.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson-Tomsett, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part I: The culture of female journeying
1. The big luggage went a fortnight ago: making the journey abroad

2. Fashion plate heroines: imagining the female journeyer

3. No nice girl swears: advice, etiquette and expectation
Part II: Journey practices
4. Ordering the berth: the spaces of journeying
5. Busy practising games: scrutiny and sociability
6. Full of wickedness: romantic opportunity and sexual hazard?
Part III: Journey identity
7. Where her story begins: fashioning a journeyer identity

Conclusion

Appendix: Women Journeyers

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robinson-Tomsett Emma:

Emma Robinson-Tomsett is a freelance academic History researcher and writer who completed her doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of LondonEmma Robinson-Tomsett is a freelance academic and History researcher and writer who completed her doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London