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BL
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950806
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b705176
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Davis, Tracy C.,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Actresses as working women : : their social identity in Victorian culture /\ Tracy C. Davis.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1991.
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| Series Statement
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Gender and performance
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1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203200012
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: 9780203200018
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: 9780415056526
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: 9780415063531
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: 9781134934423
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: 9781134934461
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0203200012
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0415056527
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0415063531
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-191) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Using historical evidence and personal accounts, Davis examines the reality of conditions for òrdinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns, and the reasons why acting continued as a popular though insecure profession.
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Actresses-- Great Britain.
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Theater and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
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Women in the theater-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
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Actrices-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Femmes au théâtre-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Théâtre et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Actresses.
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Actrices-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Femmes-- Au théâtre.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Schauspielerin
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Theater and society.
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Théâtre-- Aspect social-- Grande-Bretagne-- 19e siècle.
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Women in the theater.
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Toneelspelers.
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Vrouwen.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/84/082
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| LC Classification
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PN2594.D34 1991eb
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24.11bcl
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AP 64930rvk
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MS 3050rvk
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