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Actresses As Working Women by Tracy C. Davis (1991, Paperback) 
Actresses As Working Women by Tracy C. Davis (1991, Paperback)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1991-08-01
Series: Gender and Performance Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0415063531
ISBN-13: 9780415063531
Product ID: EPID788607
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Publication Date:1991-08-01
Series:Gender and Performance Series

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Height:8.5 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:12.0 oz

Publisher's Note
In Victorian society performers were drawn from varying class backgrounds and enjoyed a unique degree of social mobility. Nevertheless, the living and working conditions of female performers were very different from that of their male colleagues. Their segregation and concentration in low-status jobs, like dancing, guaranteed economic insecurity. Their attempts to reconcile sexuality and the female life cycle to a physically demanding itinerant occupation under constant public scrutiny led to assumptions about actresses' morality; assumptions that were constantly reinforced by theatrical conventions which reflected popular pornographic images, and were extremely difficult to overcome. Using hard historical evidence as well as personal accounts, and firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for "ordinary" actresses, the representations of women on stage, and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, if insecure profession. This is an important book that brings fresh perspectives to bear on 19th-century theatre. It will also interest a wide range of specialists, including historians and feminist critics.

The author is the first to tackle such disparate sources as census returns, court cases, playbills and local newspapers in order to recreate the daily lives of Victorian actresses. Her analysis of their pay, working conditions and training is a major contribution to our understanding of the growing occupational opportunities for women during the nineteenth-century.

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