| Description |
x, 228 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The norm : respectable femininity. The contexts of Woman's Mission ; Duty, pleasure and nature ; Power and dependency ; Domestic ideology ; The rural Idyll -- Forms of deviancy : the adulteress. Divorce and the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act ; Ethics and aesthetics : propriety in art ; The visual representation of adultery ; Case study : Augustus Leopold Egg, Past and Present. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1858 -- Forms of deviancy : the prostitute. Definition of the prostitute ; The language of prostitution -- The prostitute and social chaos. Filth and infection : prostitution and the language of disease -- The prostitute as social victim. The mythology of the life and death of the prostitute ; Medicine ; Social investigation ; Religion -- Visual culture and cultural myth. Publics and institutions ; The physical stereotype ; Visual representation ; Case study : Abraham Solomon, Drowned! Drowned!. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1860 -- Woman's mission to women |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Women Sexuality History |
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Great Britain Women Sexuality, 1800-1900. Sociocultural aspects |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Arts, British -- 19th century.
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Arts, British.
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Arts, Modern -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
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Sexism in art.
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Arts, Victorian -- Great Britain.
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Women in art.
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Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Art -- history.
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| LC no. |
87025610 |
| ISBN |
0631155023 |
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0631172572 (paperback) |
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