Women and politeness in eighteenth-century England : bodies, identities, and power / Soile Ylivuori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ylivuori, Soile, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesy.

History.

Women.

Social conditions.

England--Social life and customs--18th century.

England.

Manners and customs.

Women--England--Social conditions--18th century.

Courtesy--England--History--18th century.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 295 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This first in-depth study of women's politeness examines the complex relationship individuals had with the discursive ideals of polite femininity. Contextualising women's autobiographical writings (journals and letters) with a wide range of eighteenth-century printed didactic material, it analyses the tensions between politeness discourse which aimed to regulate acceptable feminine identities, and women's possibilities to resist this disciplinary regime. Ylivuori focuses on the central role the female body played as both the means through which individuals actively fashioned themselves as polite and feminine, and the supposedly truthful expression of their inner status of polite femininity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Framing the stage : politeness and the body

Gendered politeness and power

Hypocrisy and strategic dissimulation

Playing with public and private

Multiple identities

Discipline and subversion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ylivuori, Soile. Women and politeness in eighteenth-century England.

ISBN:

9781138318663

1138318663

OCLC:

1048659197