Gender, Professions and Discourse: Early Twentieth-Century Women's Autobiography

by C. Etherington-Wright

Overview

Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230219922
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/20/2008
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	241
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Christine Etherington-Wright is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Film Studies programme at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Over the years she has taught a range of different courses on gender issues, British Cinema, film theory and literary adaptations.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements PART I Introduction Headmistresses Doctors Nurses and VADs Artists and Practitioners Writers PART II Frontispiece Photographs Prefaces, Forewards and Introductions Silences Self and Identity Memory and Accuracy Conclusion Notes Index