From Performance to Prison: The Case of Vera ‘Jacko’ Holme Analyzing Body Politics, Gendered Transgression and Socio-Political Identity of a Stage Actress, 1890–1914

In Britain, during the nineteenth century the process of identity formation of a female performer was conditioned by a challenge towards the pre-existing gender norms that underwent a paradigmatic shift owing to the ‘new performative turn’. The story of Vera Holme popularly known as ‘Jacko’, emanate...

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Main Author: Twisha Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/3/136