Julia Swindells
Biographic Data
| ID | 1030623 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Swindells |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Swindells |
| SIGNATURE | SWINDELLS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Homerton University Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre, 1737-1832
This Handbook provides an essential guide to theatre in Britain between the passing of the Stage Licensing Act in 1737 and the Reform Act of 1832—a period of drama long neglected but now receiving significant scholarly attention. Written by specialists from a range of disciplines, its forty chapters both introduce students and scholars to the key texts and contexts of the Georgian theatre and also push the boundaries of the field, asking question…
What's the Use of Books?' Knowledge, Authenticity and a Young Girl's Diary
A Young Girl's Diary, the account of three and a half years in the life of a Viennese girl, was published in 1919 and acclaimed by Sigmund Freud as “a little gem”. Its publication was controversial for a number of reasons, including disputes about its authorship (allegedly by Grete Lainer), and its discovery (allegedly by Hermine von Hug-Hellmuth). This account explores some of the issues about authenticity raised by this controversy, including t…
The uses of autobiography
Autobiography is commonly understood in terms of giving readers insight into the private lives of unique individuals, but in recent years the autobiographical project has absorbed a surprisingly wide variety of social concerns. The contributors to this book, writing from a variety of subject disciplines and interests, explore a range of the uses of autobiography from the nineteenth-century to the present day, and from Africa, USA, the Middle East…
Coming home to heaven
This piece constitutes a reminder to the author and others that however radical the discourses of women's history appear to be, a feminist commitment to the reading and rewriting of history must also entail political activism in the present, outside of as well as inside the academic context. To illustrate the argument, speeches are taken from a parliamentary debate in London which took place in 1944, entitled in Hansard, ‘Man-Power (Release from …
Hanging Up On Mum Or Questions Of Everyday Life In The Writing Of History
[C]an there be a study of the trivia with which the daily life of ordinary people is interwoven which will reveal its interconnections with the different forms of economic, political, and cultural power? 1
Victorian Writing and Working Women
Female Friendships and Communities
Victorian Writing and Working Women
Autobiographies,biographies and Life Histories of Women
Journal Article AUTOBIOGRAPHIES,BIOGRAPHIES AND LIFE HISTORIES OF WOMEN: University of Minnesota's Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, May 1986 Get access Julia Swindells Julia Swindells Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1987, Pages 206-b–210, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/24.1.206-b Published: 01 October 1987
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre, 1737-1832
This Handbook provides an essential guide to theatre in Britain between the passing of the Stage Licensing Act in 1737 and the Reform Act of 1832—a period of drama long neglected but now receiving significant scholarly attention. Written by specialists from a range of disciplines, its forty chapters both introduce students and scholars to the key texts and contexts of the Georgian theatre and also push the boundaries of the field, asking question…
Coming home to heaven
This piece constitutes a reminder to the author and others that however radical the discourses of women's history appear to be, a feminist commitment to the reading and rewriting of history must also entail political activism in the present, outside of as well as inside the academic context. To illustrate the argument, speeches are taken from a parliamentary debate in London which took place in 1944, entitled in Hansard, ‘Man-Power (Release from …
Female Friendships and Communities
Victorian Writing and Working Women
Autobiographies,biographies and Life Histories of Women
Journal Article AUTOBIOGRAPHIES,BIOGRAPHIES AND LIFE HISTORIES OF WOMEN: University of Minnesota's Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, May 1986 Get access Julia Swindells Julia Swindells Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1987, Pages 206-b–210, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/24.1.206-b Published: 01 October 1987
Victorian Writing and Working Women
Hanging Up On Mum Or Questions Of Everyday Life In The Writing Of History
[C]an there be a study of the trivia with which the daily life of ordinary people is interwoven which will reveal its interconnections with the different forms of economic, political, and cultural power? 1
The uses of autobiography
Autobiography is commonly understood in terms of giving readers insight into the private lives of unique individuals, but in recent years the autobiographical project has absorbed a surprisingly wide variety of social concerns. The contributors to this book, writing from a variety of subject disciplines and interests, explore a range of the uses of autobiography from the nineteenth-century to the present day, and from Africa, USA, the Middle East…
Coming home to heaven
This piece constitutes a reminder to the author and others that however radical the discourses of women's history appear to be, a feminist commitment to the reading and rewriting of history must also entail political activism in the present, outside of as well as inside the academic context. To illustrate the argument, speeches are taken from a parliamentary debate in London which took place in 1944, entitled in Hansard, ‘Man-Power (Release from …
What's the Use of Books?' Knowledge, Authenticity and a Young Girl's Diary
A Young Girl's Diary, the account of three and a half years in the life of a Viennese girl, was published in 1919 and acclaimed by Sigmund Freud as “a little gem”. Its publication was controversial for a number of reasons, including disputes about its authorship (allegedly by Grete Lainer), and its discovery (allegedly by Hermine von Hug-Hellmuth). This account explores some of the issues about authenticity raised by this controversy, including t…
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre, 1737-1832
This Handbook provides an essential guide to theatre in Britain between the passing of the Stage Licensing Act in 1737 and the Reform Act of 1832—a period of drama long neglected but now receiving significant scholarly attention. Written by specialists from a range of disciplines, its forty chapters both introduce students and scholars to the key texts and contexts of the Georgian theatre and also push the boundaries of the field, asking question…
Art (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Literature: history, themes, analysis (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Politics (3 works)