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Ildikó Dömötör Ildikó Dömötör i(A105550 works by) (a.k.a. Ildiko Ildikó Domotor)
Born: Established: 1975 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Nation, Empire and Gender : Two Genteel English Women Writing about Australia and Hungary in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Ildikó Dömötör , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia , vol. 5 no. 1 2014;

This article deals with two travel narratives written in the mid-nineteenth century by genteel English women and explores issues of nation, empire and gender. These travel accounts record journeys to two different areas of the globe, namely Hungary and New South Wales, and a close reading of these texts reveals a great deal of similarity in terms of their subject matter and writing strategies. The authors were unusual young women who transgressed gender demarcations by bringing out their own publications, intruding into the public domain of men. I will argue that these travel writings, irrespective of their travel destinations, reflected a common cultural and social background that stemmed from English genteel ideals.
1 Gentlewomen in the Australian Bush : Silencing the Self in Early Colonial Australia Ildikó Dömötör , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reverberations of Silence : Silenced Texts, Sub-Texts and Authors in Literature, Language and Translation 2013; (p. 98-108) ' Ildikó Dömötör’s “Gentlewomen in the Australian bush,” is about nineteenth century English women in the Australian wilderness. Looking at little known letters, diaries and travelogues by women, she illuminates the emotional obstacles and social restrictions genteel women had to face , and those aspects of early colonial life about which mainstream writings remained particularly silent. ' (From introduction)
1 y separately published work icon Gentlewomen in the Bush : A Historical Interpretation of British Women's Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century Rural Australia Ildikó Dömötör , Saarbrucken : Lambert Academic Publishing , 2012 Z1873117 2012 single work criticism 'This book discusses female British settlers’ lives in colonial Australia. In particular, it examines the changes Victorian gentlewomen had to undergo to survive in rural areas. Many colonial women informed their home audience of the peculiarities of their new lives in their letters, diaries, memoirs and travel books. Women’s texts differ considerably from men’s accounts because their emphasis is on the depiction of private life, family relationships and domestic concerns. In addition, these ladies also sought to depict the Australian colonies in terms of their botanical and ethnographical diversity as well as their history and social development. Even though colonial gentlewomen’s social position and educational background did not allow them to make significant contributions to contemporary science, some of them made noteworthy achievements. British gentlewomen’s life-writings draw attention to the challenges women had to face and overcome in the new environment of colonial Australia.' Source: www.bod.com/ (Sighted 11/0/12
1 Genteel Pursuits in the Bush : Colonial Gentelwomen's Appreciation of Rural Australia in the Mid-Nineteen Century Ildikó Dömötör , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 25 2011; (p. 42-52) 'Female British settlers’ lives in colonial Australia anfd their recreational pursuits are discussed in this article. Many colonial women informed their home audience of the peculiarities of their new lives in their letters, diaries, memoirs and travel books. Women’s texts differ considerably from men’s accounts because their emphasis is on the depiction of private life, family relationships and domestic concerns. In addition, these ladies also sought to depict the Australian colonies in terms of their botanical and ethnographical diversity as well as their history and social development.' Source: www.bod.com/ (sighted 11/07/2012).
1 British Gentlewomen's Perception of the Australian Bush Ildikó Dömötör , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies , Spring-Fall vol. 12 no. 1-2 2006;
1 y separately published work icon Gentlewomen in the Bush : A Historical Interpretation of British Women's Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century Rural Australia Ildikó Dömötör , Victoria : 2004 Z1873120 2004 single work thesis
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