Tim Hitchcock, Michelle Cohen

English Masculinities, 1660-1800

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays provides, for the first time, a social history of masculinity in the 'long 18th century'. It draws on a wide variety of sources, including diaries, court records, and education manuals to explore the different identities of late Stuart and Georgian men.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781138147300
• ISBN-10: 1138147303
• Artikelnr.: 69946878

Autorenporträt

Tim Hitchcock, Michelle Cohen

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Sociability: sociability and misogyny in the life of John Cannon, 1684
1743, Tim Hitchcock; manliness, effeminacy and the French
gender and the construction of national character in 18th
century England, Michele Cohen. Part 2 Virtue and friendship: the body of the friend
continuity and change in masculine friendship in the 17th century, Alan Bray and Michel Rey; homo religiosus
masculinity and religion in the long 18th century, Jeremy Gregory; James Boswell's manliness, Philip Carter. Part 3 Violence: reforming male manners
public insult and the decline of violence in London, 1660
1740, Robert B. Shoemaker; boys will be boys?
manhood and aggression 1660
1800, Elizabeth Foyster. Part 4 Sexuality: "nothing is so secret but shall be revealed"
the scandalous life of Robert Foulkes, David Turner; "the majesty of the masculine
form"
multiplicity and male bodies in 18th
century erotica, Karen Harvey. Part 5 Conclusion: the old Adam and the new man
emerging themes in the history of English masculinities, 1750
1850, John Tosh.