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Debutante nation : feminism contests the 1890s / edited by Susan Magarey, Sue Rowley, Susan Sheridan.

Contributor(s): Publication details: St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 1993.Description: xxiv, 267 pages : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1863732969
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
Contents:
1. The politics of respectability: Identifying the masculinist context / Marilyn Lake -- 2. The Feminist Legend: A new historicism? / John Docker -- 3. A redivision of labour: Women and wage regulation in Victoria 1896-1903 / Jenny Lee -- 4. 'Knocking out a living': Survival strategies and popular protest in the 1890s depression / Bruce Scates -- 5. Reorganising the masculinist context: Conflicting masculinisms in the New South Wales Public Service Bill debates of 1895 / Desley Deacon -- 6. The sexual politics of selling and shopping / Gail Reekie -- 7. Domestic dilemmas: Representations of servants and employers in the popular press / Paula Hamilton -- 8. Sexual labour: Australia 1880-1910 / Susan Magarey -- 9. The 'equals and comrades of men'?: Tocsin and 'the woman question' / Patricia Grimshaw -- 10. The Woman's Voice on sexuality / Susan Sheridan -- 11. Reproducing Empire: Exploring ideologies of gender and race on Australia's Pacific frontier / Claudia Knapman.
12. Sovereignty and sexual identity in political cartoons / Josie Castle and Helen Pringle -- 13. 'Woman' in federation poetry / Barbara Holloway -- 14. The New Woman and the Corning Man: Gender and genre in the 'lost-race' romance / Robert Dixon -- 15. Water, gold and honey: A discussion of Kirkham's Find / Dorothy Jones -- 16. Things a bushwoman cannot do / Sue Rowley -- 17. Henry Lawson, the drover's wife and the critics / Kay Schaffer.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 305.42 DEB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67850

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-257) and index.

1. The politics of respectability: Identifying the masculinist context / Marilyn Lake -- 2. The Feminist Legend: A new historicism? / John Docker -- 3. A redivision of labour: Women and wage regulation in Victoria 1896-1903 / Jenny Lee -- 4. 'Knocking out a living': Survival strategies and popular protest in the 1890s depression / Bruce Scates -- 5. Reorganising the masculinist context: Conflicting masculinisms in the New South Wales Public Service Bill debates of 1895 / Desley Deacon -- 6. The sexual politics of selling and shopping / Gail Reekie -- 7. Domestic dilemmas: Representations of servants and employers in the popular press / Paula Hamilton -- 8. Sexual labour: Australia 1880-1910 / Susan Magarey -- 9. The 'equals and comrades of men'?: Tocsin and 'the woman question' / Patricia Grimshaw -- 10. The Woman's Voice on sexuality / Susan Sheridan -- 11. Reproducing Empire: Exploring ideologies of gender and race on Australia's Pacific frontier / Claudia Knapman.

12. Sovereignty and sexual identity in political cartoons / Josie Castle and Helen Pringle -- 13. 'Woman' in federation poetry / Barbara Holloway -- 14. The New Woman and the Corning Man: Gender and genre in the 'lost-race' romance / Robert Dixon -- 15. Water, gold and honey: A discussion of Kirkham's Find / Dorothy Jones -- 16. Things a bushwoman cannot do / Sue Rowley -- 17. Henry Lawson, the drover's wife and the critics / Kay Schaffer.

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