Staging family domestic deceptions of mid-nineteenth-century American actresses / Nan Mullenneaux.
| Author/creator | Mullenneaux, Nan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018] |
| Description | xx, 400 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Expanding frontiers : interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality |
| Contents | Introduction : the axe and the faint -- Opportunity or necessity? -- Trials and vicissitudes -- Domesticating mobility and nationalizing transnationalism -- Child actresses : private family, public persona, and national identity -- Embodying America : race and class -- Reinventing the private family : children and siblings -- Acting couples versus acting coupled -- Domestic differences -- Managing motherhood -- Later life and legacies. |
| Abstract | "Examing the careers and lives of more than fifty nineteenth-century American actresses, Staging Family explores the interplay of culture, labor, and family in the advancement of mid-1800s social and political change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017056790 |
| ISBN | 9780803284623 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |