Dianne Lawrence

Genteel women (eBook, PDF)

Empire and domestic material culture, 1840-1910

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Produktbeschreibung

During the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth, colonial expansion prompted increasing numbers of genteel women to establish their family homes in far-flung corners of the world. This work explores ways in which the women's values, as expressed through their personal and household possessions, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food, were instrumental in constructing various forms of genteel society in alien settings.

Lawrence examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India. In so doing, she offers a revised reading of the behaviour, motivations and practices of female elites, thereby calling into doubt the oft-stated notion that such women were a constraining element in new societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526118240
• Artikelnr.: 60361163

Autorenporträt

Dianne Lawrence is an independent scholar

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction 1. Introduction: Gentility and the
performance of Self 2. 'Dress indicates mind': the art and practice of
appearance management 3. 'The arrangement requires much taste and
judgement': creating critical space, the living room 4. 'No-one can
overestimate the pleasure of tending flowers': tasteful gardening and
growing attachment 5. 'The guests being seated at the dinner table, the
lady serves the soup': food and household management 6. Conclusion: The
work of migrancy Bibliography Index