Subjects on display : psychoanalysis, social expectation, and Victorian femininity
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PR878.W6 N48 2004
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PR878.W6 N48 2004
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Assertiveness (Psychology) in literature.
Assertiveness in women.
Bashfulness in literature.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Expectation (Psychology) in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature -- Great Britain.
Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women in literature.
Assertiveness in women.
Bashfulness in literature.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Expectation (Psychology) in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature -- Great Britain.
Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women in literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Assertiveness (Psychology) in literature.
Assertiveness in women.
Bashfulness in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
English fiction.
Expectation (Psychology) in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Great Britain.
History.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Psychological fiction, English.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Assertiveness in women.
Bashfulness in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
English fiction.
Expectation (Psychology) in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Great Britain.
History.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Psychological fiction, English.
Sex role in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Other Subjects
Assertivité chez la femme.
Assertivité dans la littérature.
Bescheidenheit
Englisch.
Expectation (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Frau
Féminité dans la littérature.
Geschichte 1832-1902.
Geschlechterrolle
Literatur
Psychanalyse et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne.
Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Aspect psychologique.
Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Roman psychologique anglais -- Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Timidité dans la littérature.
Assertivité dans la littérature.
Bescheidenheit
Englisch.
Expectation (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Frau
Féminité dans la littérature.
Geschichte 1832-1902.
Geschlechterrolle
Literatur
Psychanalyse et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne.
Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Aspect psychologique.
Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Roman psychologique anglais -- Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Timidité dans la littérature.
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Book
Physical Desc
x, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
Description
"Subjects on Display explores a recurrent figure at the heart of many nineteenth-century English novels: the retiring, self-effacing woman who is conspicuous for her inconspicuousness. Beth Newman draws upon both psychoanalytic theory and recent work in social history as she argues that this paradoxical figure, who often triumphs over more dazzling, eye-catching rivals, is a response to the forces that made personal display a vexed issue for Victorian women. Chief among these is the changing socioeconomic landscape that made the ideal of the modest woman outlive its usefulness as a class signifier even as it continued to exert moral authority.
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This problem cannot be grasped in its full complexity, Newman shows, without considering how the unstable social meanings of display interacted with psychical forces-specifically, the desire to be seen by others that is central to both masculine and feminine subjectivity. This desire raises an issue that feminist theorists have been reluctant to address: the importance of pleasure in being the object of the look. Their reluctance is characteristic of cultural theory, which has tended to equate subjectivity with the position of the observer rather than the observed.
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Through a consideration of fiction by Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Henry James, Newman shifts the inquiry toward the observed in the experience of being seen. In the process she reopens the question of the gaze and its relation to subjectivity."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Newman, B. (2004). Subjects on display: psychoanalysis, social expectation, and Victorian femininity . Ohio University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Newman, Beth, 1955-. 2004. Subjects On Display: Psychoanalysis, Social Expectation, and Victorian Femininity. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Newman, Beth, 1955-. Subjects On Display: Psychoanalysis, Social Expectation, and Victorian Femininity Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Newman, B. (2004). Subjects on display: psychoanalysis, social expectation, and victorian femininity. Athens: Ohio University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Newman, Beth. Subjects On Display: Psychoanalysis, Social Expectation, and Victorian Femininity Ohio University Press, 2004.
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