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

Author/creator Ylivuori, Soile
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description1 online resource.
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SeriesRoutledge 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Ylivuori, Soile, author. Women and politeness in eighteenth-century England New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138318663
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018038016
ISBN9780429845697 (epub)
ISBN9780429454431 (ebook)

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