Women and politeness in eighteenth-century England bodies, identities, and power / by Soile Ylivuori.
| Author/creator | Ylivuori, Soile |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ylivuori, Soile, author. Women and politeness in eighteenth-century England New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138318663 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018038016 |
| ISBN | 9780429845697 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780429454431 (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |