Pleasures Taken: Performances of Sexuality and Loss in Victorian Photographs

by Carol Mavor

Book Overview

An intimate look into three Victorian photo-settings, Pleasures Taken considers questions of loss and sexuality as they are raised by some of the most compelling and often misrepresented photographs of the era: Lewis Carroll's photographs of young girls; Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs of Madonnas; and the photographs of Hannah Cullwick, a "maid of all work," who had herself pictured in a range of masquerades, from a blackened chimney...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822316196
• ISBN13: 9780822316190
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderfully Accessable Text

This book is wonderful for every level of experience and interest. The text is interesting and engaging, the process of reading it is much like attending one of her lectures. Carol examines photographers such as Lewis Carroll with new insight and understanding. She also introduces readers to interesting Victorians such as Hannah Culwick. Her passion comes through in the pages!