Respectability as Moral Map and Public Discourse in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780367891008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Woodruff D. Smith

Opis

Despite the fact that respectability is universally recognized as a feature of nineteenth-century society, it has seldom been studied as a subject in itself. This book is a path-breaking interpretation of respectability as a cultural phenomenon in its own right, constructed in the public spheres of Europe and the Americas in response to undesira

Spis treści

1. Introduction  First Section: Respectability as Map  2. Identity: The Self-respecting Self  3. Practice: Moral Competence  4. Distinction: Class, Gender and Moral Standing  Second Section: Respectability as Discourse  5. Performance  6. Humanity and the Discourse of Respectability: Mother, Family and Civilization  7. Power  8. What Happened to Respectability?

O autorze

Woodruff D. Smith is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Historical Study, University of Texas at Austin.