Emma Robinson-Tomsett

Women, travel and identity (eBook, ePUB)

Journeys by rail and sea, 1870-1940

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explores British women's journeys abroad on steamships and trains during a period of great social, cultural and technical change, using a wide variety of sources including women's letters and diaries, contemporary art, advertising, fiction and etiquette guides.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112460
• Artikelnr.: 48795271

Autorenporträt

Emma Robinson-Tomsett

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The culture of female journeying 1. The big luggage
went a fortnight ago: making the journey abroad 2. Fashion plate heroines:
imagining the female journeyer 3. No nice girl swears: advice, etiquette
and expectation Part II: Journey practices 4. Ordering the berth: the
spaces of journeying 5. Busy practising games: scrutiny and sociability 6.
Full of wickedness: romantic opportunity and sexual hazard? Part III:
Journey identity 7. Where her story begins: fashioning a journeyer identity
Conclusion Appendix: Women Journeyers Bibliography Index