Sisters and the English household : domesticity and women's autonomy in nineteenth-century English literature

Sisters and the English household domesticity and women's autonomy in nineteenth-century English literature

Sisters and the English Household revalues unmarried adult sisters in nineteenth-century English literature as positive figures of legal and economic autonomy representing productive labor in the domestic space. As a crucial site of contested values, the adult unmarried sister carries the discursive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wallace, Anne D., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press 2018.
Colección:Anthem nineteenth-century series.
Materias:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Single women in literature.
Women and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Sisters in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655375906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
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