Victorian Scandals

Name: Victorian Scandals
Brand: Ohio University Press
SKU: 9780821410196
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Repressions Of Gender And Class

Autor: Kristine Ottesen Garrigan

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Wydawca: Ohio University Press

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In the popular mind, the word "Victorian" still evokes associations of repression, hypocrisy, and pr...

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Autor

Kristine Ottesen Garrigan

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

1992

strony

349

EAN

9780821410196

ISBN

0821410199

Enbook ID

04935087

Wydawca

Ohio University Press

Waga

635

Wymiary

145 x 216 x 25

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In the popular mind, the word "Victorian" still evokes associations of repression, hypocrisy, and prudery. We persist in thinking that the Victorians were perpetually shocked by everything from minor breaches of domestic decorum to ministry-toppling causes celebres. In examining various Victorian scandals, some familiar, some more obscure, these essays provide lively discussion and diverse points of view on the context, nature, and function of "scandal" in Victorian society, particularly in terms of gender and class. Topics covered include: - women as both victims and beneficiaries of the Victorian legal establishment, demonstrated through divorce petitions, cases of wrongful confinement, and a highly publicized breach of promise suit- the actress in contemporary pornography- the effects on male hegemony of programs of higher education for women- ambivalent reactions to biographies of Thomas Carlyle and George Eliot and to Julia Margaret Cameron's "ennobled" photographic portraits- the surprising toleration of gambling and infanticide. The afterword examines the diverse responses to scandalous behavior from the perspectives of recent critical theory. Taken as a whole, "Victorian Scandals" illustrates the pervasive role of the contemporary press in rendering private conduct a subject of public fascination and suggests the need to expand the definitions, functions, and interpretations of "scandal" in Victorian society.

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