Women and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century England: Bodies, Identities, and Power

ISBN-13: 9780367584252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 308 str.

Soile Ylivuori

Opis

This first in-depth study of women’s politeness examines the complex relationship individuals had with the discursive ideals of polite femininity. Basing its analysis on autobiographical writings as well as didactic literature, the book argues that women had a variety of means to resist the naturalised norms of gendered politeness.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Framing the Stage: Politeness and the Body  2. Gendered Politeness and Power  3. Hypocrisy and Strategic Dissimulation  4. Playing with Public and Private  5. Multiple Identities  6. Discipline and Subversion.  Epilogue

O autorze

Soile Ylivuori is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London.