Actresses as working women [electronic resource] : their social identity in Victorian culture / Tracy C. Davis.
Using historical evidence and personal accounts, Davis examines the reality of conditions for ò€rdinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns, and the reasons why acting continued as a popular though insecure profession.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1991.
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| Series: | Gender and performance.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE; Family dynasties, recruitment, and career opportunities for women; The Profession's divisions of labour; Wages; SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY; The Female Surplus Question and the sex ratio; The female life; Professional welfare; THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY'; Actresses' defiance of socioeconomic prescriptions; Actresses and prostitutes; Sexual harassment; The quintessential sexual terror; ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCNE.