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Women, Performance and the Material of Memory: The Archival Tourist, 1780-1915

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Women, Performance and the Material of Memory: The Archival Tourist,  1780-1915 - Engel, Laura
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This book proposes that the performance of archival research is related to the experience of tourism, where an individual immerses herself in a foreign environment, relating to and analyzing visual and sensory materials through embodiment and enactment. Each chapter highlights a particular set of tangible objects including: pocket diaries, portraits, drawings, magic lanterns, silhouettes, waxworks, and photographs in relation to actresses, authors, and artists such as: Elizabeth Inchbald, Sally Siddons, Marguerite Gardiner ...

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Women, Performance and the Material of Memory: The Archival Tourist,  1780-1915 2019, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

ISBN-13: 9781137589316

Hardcover