دانلود کتاب Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian England (Gender and Performance Series)

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Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures and tables......Page 8
List of illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE......Page 20
Family dynasties, recruitment, and career opportunities for women......Page 23
The Profession's divisions of labour......Page 36
Wages......Page 41
SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY......Page 53
The Female Surplus Question and the sex ratio......Page 63
The female life......Page 69
Professional welfare......Page 75
THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY'......Page 86
Actresses' defiance of socioeconomic prescriptions......Page 88
Actresses and prostitutes......Page 95
Sexual harassment......Page 103
The quintessential sexual terror......Page 114
ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCNE......Page 134
Costuming the erotic topography......Page 137
Gesture: 'Every little movement has a meaning of its own'......Page 144
Figural composition in the mise en scne......Page 151
Erotic verification......Page 160
THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX IN SOCIETY AND THEATRE......Page 166
The erotic neighbourhood outside the playhouse......Page 168
Erotic zones within the playhouse......Page 175
Forestalling the erotic......Page 180
Notes......Page 193
Bibliography......Page 211
Index......Page 221