What is a Woman to Do? - A Reader on Women, Work and Art, c. 1830-1890 (Paperback, New edition)

This anthology contributes to a scholarly understanding of the aesthetics and economics of female artistic labour in the Victorian period. It maps out the evolution of the Woman Question in a number of areas, including the status and suitability of artistic professions for women, their engagement with new forms of work and their changing relationship to the public sphere. The wealth of material gathered here - from autobiographies, conduct manuals, diaries, periodical articles, prefaces and travelogues - traces the extensive debate on women's art, feminism and economics from the 1830s to the 1890s. Combining for the first time nineteenth-century criticism on literature and the visual arts, performance and craftsmanship, the selected material reveals the different ideological positions surrounding the transition of women from idleness to serious occupation. The distinctive primary sources explore the impact of artistic labour upon perceptions of feminine sensibility and aesthetics, the conflicting views of women towards the pragmatics of their own creative labour as they encompassed vocations, trades and professions, and the complex relationship between paid labour and female fame and notoriety.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts, 13
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi • Patricia Zakreski
Dimensions:	245 x 165 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	388
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911116-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	3-03-911116-7
Barcode:	9783039111169

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