New and Old Women - Intergenerationality and Contested Spaces in New Woman and (Anti-)Suffrage Writing

The generational divide between 'new' and 'old' women was a recurring theme in late Victorian and Edwardian literature and culture. This divide not only reinforced a rhetoric of difference but also encouraged discussions about productive exchange and collaboration between women of different age groups. Within the context of a rapidly modernising British society, these intergenerational dynamics were intricately linked to broader debates surrounding middle-class women's evolving roles in society and their responsibilities towards their families. Through a comprehensive analysis of periodical and literary writings from the period, this study examines how cultural perceptions of gender, age(ing), and space shaped middle-class women's aspirations to lead self-determined lives. It also highlights motherhood and the mother-daughter relationship as central tropes of female experience, analysing them against the backdrop of spatial conceptualisations and a renegotiation of female space.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maria Hofrichter
• Editore: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9783825396275
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-9627-5
• Pagine: 298
• Dimensioni: 175 mm x 22 mm x 250 mm
• Peso: 687 g
• Serie: Regensburger Beiträge zur Gender-Forschung; Regensburg Studies in Gender and Culture; Regensburger Beiträge zur Gender-Forschung / Regensburg Studies in Gender and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Emanzipation, Englisch, Grossbritannien, England, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Altern, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Weiblichkeit, Mutterschaft, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften, Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Frauenrechtsbewegung, Intergenerationalität, Wells, H. G., West, Rebecca, Soziale Diskriminierung und soziale Gleichbehandlung, The Home Breakers, Grand, Sarah, Ward, Mary Augusta, Ward, Mrs Humphrey