Middle Class Culture in the Nineteenth Century

America, Australia and Britain
2003. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-99746-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Drawing on expressive and material culture, Young shows that money was not enough to make the genteel middle class. It required exquisite self-control and the right cultural capital to perform ritual etiquette and present oneself confidently, yet modestly. She argues that genteel culture was not merely derivative, but a re-working of aristocratic standards in the context of the middle class necessity to work. Visible throughout the English-speaking world in the 1780s -1830s and onward, genteel culture reveals continuities often obscured by studies based entirely on national frameworks.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Cultural Baggage: The Genteel World In-between: The Problem of the Middle Class The Civilising Process: The Morphology of Gentility Under Control: The Genteel Body Best Behaviour: Public Relationships Correct Taste: The Material Conditions of Gentility Conclusion End Notes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

LINDA YOUNG is a historian by discipline and a curator by trade, teaching Cultural Heritage Management at the University of Canberra. As a scholar and a heritage practitioner, she is especially interested in the intersection of the history and the material culture of domestic life, as expressed in feminist history and historic houses.