Capítulo de livro

If Men Do These Kind of Journalistic Feats…: Elizabeth L. Banks and Woman’s Work

2017; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-50962-4_6

ISSN

2730-9193

Autores

Luke Seaber,

Tópico(s)

Gender, Feminism, and Media

Resumo

This brief chapter explores the 1890s work of the American journalist in London Elizabeth L. Banks, which created a new subform of incognito social investigation, one focusing on domestic service and ‘woman’s work’. It is shown how Banks makes herself the subject of her writing, and how the purpose of her texts, nominally instruction, is in fact entertainment. We also see how ‘the poor’ are a social and cultural category rather than an economic one.

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