Working girls : fiction, sexuality, and modernity /

Weitere Versionen (3)

'Working Girls' offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landsc...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Mullin, Katherine
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'Working Girls' offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-179234-9
Schlagworte:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women telegraphers > In literature.
Typists in literature.
Women clerks (Retail trade) in literature.
Bartenders in literature.
Bezugswerke:
Links: