{"product_id":"bicycles-bangs-and-bloomers-9780813117041","title":"Bicycles, Bangs, and Bloomers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe so-called \"New Woman\" -- that determined and free-wheeling figure in \"rational\" dress, demanding education, suffrage, and a career-was a frequent target for humorists in the popular press of the late nineteenth century. She invariably stood in contrast to the \"womanly woman,\" a traditional figure bound to domestic concerns and a stereotype away from which many women were inexorably moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Marks's book, based on a survey of satires and caricatures drawn from British and American periodicals of the 1880s and 1890s, places the popular view of the New Woman in the context of the age and explores the ways in which humor both reflected and shaped readers' perceptions of women's changing roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot all commentators of the period attacked the New Woman; even conservative satirists were more concerned with poverty, prostitution, and inadequate education than with defending so-called \"femininity.\" Yet, as the influx of women into the economic mainstream changed social patterns, the popular press responded with humor ranging from the witty to the vituperative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of Marks's sources have never been reprinted and exist only in unindexed periodicals. Her book thus provides a valuable resource for those studying the rise of feminism and the influence of popular culture, as well as literary historians and critics seeking to place more formal genres within a cultural framework. Historians, sociologists, and others with an interest in Victorianism will find in it much to savor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.80w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813117041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Marks\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English at Valdosta State College, is author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary and Drama Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smiling Muse: Victoriana in the Comic Press\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40177459822707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0b8b95d9-4a75-40a9-995b-61b801a15dab.jpg?v=1655385311","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bicycles-bangs-and-bloomers-9780813117041","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}