Verfasst von: | Laurent, Béatrice [VerfasserIn] |
Titel: | Water and women in the Victorian imagination |
Verf.angabe: | Béatrice Laurent |
Verlagsort: | Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Wien |
Verlag: | Peter Lang |
E-Jahr: | 2021 |
Jahr: | [2021] |
Umfang: | viii, 257 Seiten |
Illustrationen: | Illustrationen |
Gesamttitel/Reihe: | Cultural interactions ; volume 45 |
Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 978-1-78997-486-7 |
Abstract: | "The facts, objects, texts of fiction and non-fiction, art and other visual sources presented in this volume may seem to share nothing other than their concerns with water and women in nineteenth-century Britain. Yet, by juxtaposing the figures of Ophelia and the Mermaid, scenes of shipwrecks, accounts of hydrotherapy cures, acts of Parliament on sanitation, and other material, I hope to bring about the recognition that these various and apparently unrelated 'texts' converge towards a central mythical figure, the 'water woman'. During the Victorian period, romanticized or demonized naturally wet spaces - marshland, rivers and the sea - were construed as feminized loci, articulating contrasted visions of Woman as the angelic Undine or the demonic Siren. This, I argue, essentialised the concept of feminine fluidity, at the same time as it supported the construction of a standard masculinity defined by stability. The solidity versus liquidity conundrum created a dialectical bond, which was often one of subjection: water had to serve matter. It had to be purified, tamed, and channeled, to become an available and reliable commodity"-- |
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Schlagwörter: | (s)Englisch / (s)Literatur / (s)Frau <Motiv> / (s)Weiblichkeit <Motiv> / (s)Wasser <Motiv> / (z)Geschichte 1800-1900 |
| (s)Englisch / (s)Literatur / (s)Künste / (s)Frau <Motiv> / (s)Wasser <Motiv> / (z)Geschichte 1837-1901 |
| (g)Großbritannien / (s)Feuchtgebiet / (s)Wasser / (s)Weiblichkeit / (s)Frau / (s)Geschlechterrolle / (z)Geschichte 1837-1901 |
Sprache: | eng |
Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Laurent, Béatrice: Water and women in the Victorian imagination. - Oxford : Peter Lang, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource |
| Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe |
| Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe |
RVK-Notation: | HL 1101 |
K10plus-PPN: | 172562771X |
Verknüpfungen: | → Übergeordnete Aufnahme |
Water and women in the Victorian imagination / Laurent, Béatrice [VerfasserIn]; [2021]