Difficult Subjects - Working Women and Visual Culture, Britain 1880-1914 (Hardcover, New Ed)

The working women of Victorian and Edwardian Britain were fascinating but difficult subjects for artists, photographers, and illustrators. The cultural meanings of labour sat uncomfortably with conventional ideologies of femininity, and working women unsettled the boundaries between gender and class, selfhood and otherness. From paintings of servants in middle-class households, to exhibits of flower-makers on display for a shilling, the visual culture of women's labour offered a complex web of interior fantasy and exterior reality. The picture would become more challenging still when working women themselves began to use visual spectacle. In this first in-depth exploration of the representation of British working women, Kristina Huneault explores the rich meanings of female employment during a period of labour unrest, demands for women's enfranchisement, and mounting calls for social justice. In the course of her study she questions the investments of desire and the claims to power that reside in visual artifacts, drawing significant conclusions about the relationship between art and identity.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Art and Visual Culture since 1750 New Readings
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Kristina Huneault
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0409-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7546-0409-8
Barcode:	9780754604099

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