Women, Work, and Representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn Mae Alexander

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Alexander, Lynn Mae

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Alexander, Lynn Mae

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9780821414934

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820.992 ALE

Contents:

1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction -- 2. Establishing the Image -- 3. The Symbolic Image -- 4. Emigration and the Secular Saint -- 5. Acculturation -- 6. The Aesthetic Vision -- 7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.

Summary: In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.

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1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction --
2. Establishing the Image --
3. The Symbolic Image --
4. Emigration and the Secular Saint --
5. Acculturation --
6. The Aesthetic Vision --
7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.

In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.

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