Victorian literature and the anorexic body:
"Anna Krugovoy Silver examines the ways nineteenth-century British writers used physical states of the female body - hunger, appetite, fat, and slenderness - in the creation of female characters. Silver argues that anorexia nervosa, first diagnosed in 1873, serves as a paradigm for the cultural...
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Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in nineteenth century literature and culture
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Zusammenfassung: | "Anna Krugovoy Silver examines the ways nineteenth-century British writers used physical states of the female body - hunger, appetite, fat, and slenderness - in the creation of female characters. Silver argues that anorexia nervosa, first diagnosed in 1873, serves as a paradigm for the cultural ideal of middle-class womanhood in Victorian Britain. In addition, Silver relates these literary expressions to the representation of women's bodies in the conduct books, beauty manuals, and other non-fiction prose of the period, contending that women "performed" their gender and class alliances through the slender body. Silver discusses a wide range of writers including Charlotte Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, and Lewis Carroll to show that mainstream models of middle-class Victorian womanhood share important qualities with the beliefs or behaviors of the anorexic girl or woman."--BOOK JACKET. |
Beschreibung: | X, 220 S. |
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spelling | Silver, Anna Krugovoy Verfasser aut Victorian literature and the anorexic body Anna Krugovoy Silver 1. publ. Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2002 X, 220 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Cambridge studies in nineteenth century literature and culture 36 "Anna Krugovoy Silver examines the ways nineteenth-century British writers used physical states of the female body - hunger, appetite, fat, and slenderness - in the creation of female characters. Silver argues that anorexia nervosa, first diagnosed in 1873, serves as a paradigm for the cultural ideal of middle-class womanhood in Victorian Britain. In addition, Silver relates these literary expressions to the representation of women's bodies in the conduct books, beauty manuals, and other non-fiction prose of the period, contending that women "performed" their gender and class alliances through the slender body. Silver discusses a wide range of writers including Charlotte Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, and Lewis Carroll to show that mainstream models of middle-class Victorian womanhood share important qualities with the beliefs or behaviors of the anorexic girl or woman."--BOOK JACKET. Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1837-1901 gnd rswk-swf Anorexia nervosa gtt Anorexie mentale dans la littérature Appétit dans la littérature Comportement alimentaire, Troubles du, dans la littérature Corps humain dans la littérature Engels gtt Faim dans la littérature Femmes dans la littérature Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 19e siècle Image du corps dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Littérature anglaise - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature Vrouwelijkheid gtt Englisch Frau Geschichte Literatur Anorexia Nervosa history England Anorexia nervosa in literature Appetite in literature Body image in literature Culture England Eating disorders in literature English literature 19th century History and criticism History, 19th Century England Human Body England Human body in literature Hunger in literature Medicine in Literature England Sex role in literature Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century Women in literature Women history England Anorexia nervosa (DE-588)4002144-0 gnd rswk-swf Körper (DE-588)4031575-7 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd rswk-swf Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 s Anorexia nervosa (DE-588)4002144-0 s Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 s DE-604 Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Geschichte 1837-1901 z Körper (DE-588)4031575-7 s Cambridge studies in nineteenth century literature and culture 36 (DE-604)BV009696612 36 |
spellingShingle | Silver, Anna Krugovoy Victorian literature and the anorexic body Cambridge studies in nineteenth century literature and culture Anorexia nervosa gtt Anorexie mentale dans la littérature Appétit dans la littérature Comportement alimentaire, Troubles du, dans la littérature Corps humain dans la littérature Engels gtt Faim dans la littérature Femmes dans la littérature Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 19e siècle Image du corps dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Littérature anglaise - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature Vrouwelijkheid gtt Englisch Frau Geschichte Literatur Anorexia Nervosa history England Anorexia nervosa in literature Appetite in literature Body image in literature Culture England Eating disorders in literature English literature 19th century History and criticism History, 19th Century England Human Body England Human body in literature Hunger in literature Medicine in Literature England Sex role in literature Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century Women in literature Women history England Anorexia nervosa (DE-588)4002144-0 gnd Körper (DE-588)4031575-7 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
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title | Victorian literature and the anorexic body |
title_auth | Victorian literature and the anorexic body |
title_exact_search | Victorian literature and the anorexic body |
title_full | Victorian literature and the anorexic body Anna Krugovoy Silver |
title_fullStr | Victorian literature and the anorexic body Anna Krugovoy Silver |
title_full_unstemmed | Victorian literature and the anorexic body Anna Krugovoy Silver |
title_short | Victorian literature and the anorexic body |
title_sort | victorian literature and the anorexic body |
topic | Anorexia nervosa gtt Anorexie mentale dans la littérature Appétit dans la littérature Comportement alimentaire, Troubles du, dans la littérature Corps humain dans la littérature Engels gtt Faim dans la littérature Femmes dans la littérature Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 19e siècle Image du corps dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Littérature anglaise - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature Vrouwelijkheid gtt Englisch Frau Geschichte Literatur Anorexia Nervosa history England Anorexia nervosa in literature Appetite in literature Body image in literature Culture England Eating disorders in literature English literature 19th century History and criticism History, 19th Century England Human Body England Human body in literature Hunger in literature Medicine in Literature England Sex role in literature Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century Women in literature Women history England Anorexia nervosa (DE-588)4002144-0 gnd Körper (DE-588)4031575-7 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Frau (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
topic_facet | Anorexia nervosa Anorexie mentale dans la littérature Appétit dans la littérature Comportement alimentaire, Troubles du, dans la littérature Corps humain dans la littérature Engels Faim dans la littérature Femmes dans la littérature Femmes et littérature - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 19e siècle Image du corps dans la littérature Letterkunde Littérature anglaise - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature Vrouwelijkheid Englisch Frau Geschichte Literatur Anorexia Nervosa history England Anorexia nervosa in literature Appetite in literature Body image in literature Culture England Eating disorders in literature English literature 19th century History and criticism History, 19th Century England Human Body England Human body in literature Hunger in literature Medicine in Literature England Sex role in literature Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century Women in literature Women history England Körper Großbritannien |
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