"Myths of Sexuality" is a pioneering work of feminist art history. It tells how the depiction of women in art defined and confined their role in Victorian Britain. This book offers an analysis of the regulation of women's behaviour in the 19th century. Victorian notions of acceptable and unacceptable female behaviour pervade 19th century culture and reveal themselves in this book in the popular art of the time. Lynda Nead shows how paintings intended for public exhibitions in particular participated in the production of a ...
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"Myths of Sexuality" is a pioneering work of feminist art history. It tells how the depiction of women in art defined and confined their role in Victorian Britain. This book offers an analysis of the regulation of women's behaviour in the 19th century. Victorian notions of acceptable and unacceptable female behaviour pervade 19th century culture and reveal themselves in this book in the popular art of the time. Lynda Nead shows how paintings intended for public exhibitions in particular participated in the production of a bourgeois morality. She shows too how women were represented in medical, legal, religious and literary texts, focusing especially on the treatment of prostitution, adultery, and female philanthropy.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pen, pencil & highlighter markings In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0631172572.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780631172574.
