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- catalog abstract "In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.".
- catalog contributor b12854829.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction -- 2. Establishing the Image -- 3. The Symbolic Image -- 4. Emigration and the Secular Saint -- 5. Acculturation -- 6. The Aesthetic Vision -- 7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.".
- catalog description "In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-250) and index.".
- catalog extent "257 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Women, work, and representation.".
- catalog identifier "0821414933 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women, work, and representation.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Press,".
- catalog relation "Women, work, and representation.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "820.9/926464 21".
- catalog subject "Art, English 19th century.".
- catalog subject "English literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Needlework in literature.".
- catalog subject "Needleworkers in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR468.N4 A44 2003".
- catalog subject "Poor in art.".
- catalog subject "Poor in literature.".
- catalog subject "Poor women England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Sewing in art.".
- catalog subject "Sewing in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog subject "Working poor England History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Victorian Seamstress: Fact and Fiction -- 2. Establishing the Image -- 3. The Symbolic Image -- 4. Emigration and the Secular Saint -- 5. Acculturation -- 6. The Aesthetic Vision -- 7. Conclusion: Slaves of the Needle.".
- catalog title "Women, work, and representation : needlewomen in Victorian art and literature / Lynn M. Alexander.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".