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Uneven developments : the ideological work of gender in mid-Victorian England / Mary Poovey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poovey, Mary.
- Series:
- Women in culture and society
- Women in culture and society.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--England--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Anesthesia in obstetrics--History--19th century.
- Anesthesia in obstetrics.
- Divorce--England--History--19th century.
- Divorce.
- Women authors--England--Social conditions.
- Women authors.
- Governesses--England--Social conditions.
- Governesses.
- Nurses--England--Social conditions.
- Nurses.
- Sex role in literature.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 282 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 247-273.
- ISBN:
- 0226675297 :
- OCLC:
- 17649549
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