a reader on women, work and art, c. 1830-1890
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hadjiafxendi, Kyriaki > (ed.)
- Creator
- Zakreski, Patricia > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- WER 54 2011 - B
- Thesaurus
- kunstenaressen, schrijvers, fotografen, middenklasse, arbeid, beroepen, Victoriaanse tijd, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Anthology with contributions to 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. Based on autobiographies, conduct manuals, diaries, periodical articles, prefaces and travelogues.