Representing female artistic labour, 1848-1890
Subtitle: refining work for the middle-class woman
By: Patricia Zakreski.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Middle class women -- Employment -- England -- History -- 19th century; Sex role in literature; Work in literature; Needleworkers -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women artists -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women authors -- England -- History -- 19th century; Actresses -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women -- England -- History -- 19th century
Description: Patricia Zakreski uses the structure of the gender borderland to describe women's relationship to work. She shows how the notion of work for women was not only refined by reference to the domestic ideal, but also came to be seen as an experience with intrinsic refining qualities in itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: refining work; title: Needlework and creativity in representations of the seamstress; title: A  suitable employment for women: the woman artist and the principle of  compatibility; title: The difference is great in being known to write and setting up for an authoress: representing the writing woman; title: Unceasing industry: work and the actress.