Victorian Touring Actresses : Crossing Boundaries and Negotiating the Cultural Landscape
- Submitting institution
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University of Hertfordshire
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 16360399
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- University of Manchester Press
- ISBN
- 9781526133328
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- Drawing on extensive archival research and multiple critical frameworks, Victorian Touring Actresses (100,000 words) provides new perspectives on nineteenth-century theatrical work. Eschewing the usual concentration on celebrity histories, it focuses on largely forgotten ‘mid-tier’ performers at all stages of career progression. The book establishes the significance of touring, with chapters on the British provinces, North American and Australia. These highlight the complex transactions made around the actress’s body and reveal how reception depended on her response to changing political, economic, social and cultural environments. The section on legacy speaks to contemporary concerns about gender and age inequality in the arts.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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