<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Virginia Woolf’s <underline>Mrs Dalloway</underline> — published in 1925 — not only represents a major work regarding its literary techniques during the years of British Modernism, but also constitutes a critique of the social system of the post-war years, which was experiencing a change regarding the strict Victorian stereotypes of gender. Social status linked to sartorial fashion is a recurring element in the novel when considering these configurations. Woolf vindicates through different characters’ reflections a rearrangement of femininity and masculinity.</p></abstract>

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway — published in 1925 — not only represents a major work regarding its literary techniques during the years of British Modernism, but also constitutes a critique of the social system of the post-war years, which was experiencing a change regarding the strict Victorian stereotypes of gender. Social status linked to sartorial fashion is a recurring element in the novel when considering these configurations. Woolf vindicates through different characters’ reflections a rearrangement of femininity and masculinity.

Shaping Gender: Femininity and Masculinity Through Sartorial Fashion in Virginia Woolf’s <italic>Mrs Dalloway</italic>

Gender Studies

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Shaping Gender: Femininity and Masculinity Through Sartorial Fashion in Virginia Woolf’s 

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway — published in 1925 — not only represents a major work regarding its literary techniques during the years of British Modernism,...

Shaping Gender: Femininity and Masculinity Through Sartorial Fashion in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

Publié en ligne: 12 mars 2019

Pages: 9 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0002

Mots clés
femininity, gender, sartorial fashion, Virginia Woolf

© 2019 Alberto García García-Madrid, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Shaping Gender: Femininity and Masculinity Through Sartorial Fashion in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

Publié en ligne: 12 mars 2019

Pages: 9 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0002

Mots clésfemininity, gender, sartorial fashion, Virginia Woolf

© 2019 Alberto García García-Madrid, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
femininity, gender, sartorial fashion, Virginia Woolf