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028			_a:Zafaa Books & Distributors _b:313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 _c:ZBD0256 _d:18/06/2022
082			_a820.992 ALE
100			_aAlexander, Lynn Mae
245			_aWomen, Work, and Representation _b: needlewomen in Victorian art and literature _c/ Lynn Mae Alexander
260			_aAthens _b: Ohio University Press, _c©2003.
300			_a257p : _c ; 24 cm
365			_b7307
505			_a1. 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.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aLiterature
650			_aEnglish and Old English literatures
650			_aOld English literatures
650			_aEnglish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
650			_aNeedlework in literature.
650			_aWorking poor -- England -- History -- 19th century.
650			_aSewing in literature.
650			_aWomen in literature.
650			_aPoor in literature.
650			_aPoor in art.
700			_aAlexander, Lynn Mae
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