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Author Poovey, Mary.

Title Uneven developments : the ideological work of gender in mid-Victorian England / Mary Poovey.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.3 P823U    Check Shelf
Description xi, 282 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Women in culture and society
Women in culture and society.
Contents The ideological work of gender -- Scenes of an indelicate character : the medical treatment of Victorian women -- Covered but not bound : Caroline Norton and the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act -- The man-of-letters hero : David Copperfield and the professional writer -- The anathematized race : the governess and Jane Eyre -- A housewifely woman : the social construction of Florence Nightingale.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 247-273.
Subject Sex role -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Anesthesia in obstetrics -- History -- 19th century.
Divorce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women authors -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
Governesses -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
Nurses -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
Sex role in literature.
ISBN 0226675297
0226675300 (paperback)
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