Women, Performance and the Material of Memory

This book proposes that the performance of archival research is related to the experience of tourism, where an individual immerses herself in a foreign environment, relating to and analyzing visual and sensory materials through embodiment and enactment.

1. Introduction: The Archival Tourist.- 2. Elizabeth Inchbald's Pocket Diaries.- 3. Sir Thomas Lawrence's Portraits of the Siddons Sisters.- 4. The Countess of Blessington and Magic Lanterns.- 5. Women Artists, Silhouettes, and Waxworks.- 6. Amelia M. Watson's Photographs.- 7. Epilogue: The Sisi Experience.