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First published in 1957. This volume is a study of the history of
revolutionary thought in nineteenth-century Russia in some of its
outstanding representatives. The author examines the ideas of
Vissarion Belinksky, Mikhail Bakunin and Alexander Herzen. This
title will be of great interest to students of politics,
philosophy, and history.
First published in 1957. This volume is a study of the history of
revolutionary thought in nineteenth-century Russia in some of its
outstanding representatives. The author examines the ideas of
Vissarion Belinksky, Mikhail Bakunin and Alexander Herzen. This
title will be of great interest to students of politics,
philosophy, and history.
Women performers played a vital role in the development of American
and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender
ideology. Sara E. Lampert examines the lives, careers, and fame of
overlooked figures from Europe and the United States whose work in
melodrama, ballet, and other stage shows shocked and excited early
U.S. audiences. These women lived and performed the tensions and
contradictions of nineteenth-century gender roles, sparking debates
about women's place in public life. Yet even their unprecedented
wealth and prominence failed to break the patriarchal family
structures that governed their lives and conditioned their careers.
Inevitable contradictions arose. The burgeoning celebrity culture
of the time forced women stage stars to don the costumes of
domestic femininity even as the unsettled nature of life in the
theater defied these ideals.A revealing foray into a lost time,
Starring Women returns a generation of performers to their central
place in the early history of American theater.
Women performers played a vital role in the development of American
and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender
ideology. Sara E. Lampert examines the lives, careers, and fame of
overlooked figures from Europe and the United States whose work in
melodrama, ballet, and other stage shows shocked and excited early
U.S. audiences. These women lived and performed the tensions and
contradictions of nineteenth-century gender roles, sparking debates
about women's place in public life. Yet even their unprecedented
wealth and prominence failed to break the patriarchal family
structures that governed their lives and conditioned their careers.
Inevitable contradictions arose. The burgeoning celebrity culture
of the time forced women stage stars to don the costumes of
domestic femininity even as the unsettled nature of life in the
theater defied these ideals.A revealing foray into a lost time,
Starring Women returns a generation of performers to their central
place in the early history of American theater.
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