Nobody's Angels - Middle-Class Women and Domestic Ideology in Victorian Culture

Langland argues that the middle-class wife had a more complex and important function than has previously been recognized: she mastered skills that enabled her to support a rigid class system while unknowingly setting the stage for a feminist revolution.

Riassunto

Langland argues that the middle-class wife had a more complex and important function than has previously been recognized: she mastered skills that enabled her to support a rigid class system while unknowingly setting the stage for a feminist revolution.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Langland
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.1995
• EAN: 9780801482205
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8220-5
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 154 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 442 g
• Serie: Reading Women Writing; Reading Women Writing
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese