Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture
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Actresses as working women : their social identity in Victorian culture
（Gender and performance）
Routledge, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and generated by them.
Table of Contents
Part I The Profession 1 THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE 2 SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY 3 THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY' Part II Conditions of work 4 ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCENE 5 THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX IN SOCIETY AND THEATRE
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