Wombs, Pigmentation And Pyramids
Abstract
In the old days, when there were housemaids, one rule predominated — they had to know their place. From the figurative place a housemaid occupied in the social pyramid everything else could be deduced — her literal place, for example, in the kitchen during the day and in the attic at night; the language she could and couldn’t use in front of her mistress and the guests; and that she was to take her master’s coat when he came home.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Literature: history
themes
analysis
Gender and Feminist Studies
American and British Literature Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 149–163
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter