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
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