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Author Tague, Ingrid H., 1968-

Title Women of quality : accepting and contesting ideals of femininity in England, 1690-1760 / Ingrid H. Tague
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, 1476-9107
Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 1. 1476-9107
Contents LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION; 1. Ideals of Femininity; Seventeenth-century conduct books; Modesty, chastity, and feminine conduct in the early eighteenth century; Marriage; Praise of femininity; Conclusion; 2. The Attack on Fashionable Society; Fashionable dress; Fashionable diversions; Femininity and consumption; Conclusion; 3. Marriage; Marrying well; Living the ideal?; Marital breakdown; Conclusion; 4. Household Management; "Women of business"; Good credit: domestic economy and financial restraint; Mistress and servant
Estate management and hands-on laborConclusion; 5. Consumption and Fashion; Appropriate consumption; Rejecting fashionable consumption; Conclusion; 6. Politeness and Sociability; A polite education; Sociability and reputation; The politics of politeness; Sincerity and sentiment; Conclusion; 7. Public Life, Influence, and Politics; Christianity and charity; Influence at court; Influence and politics beyond the court; Influence and femininity; Conclusion; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary In the years following the Glorious Revolution, didactic writers and other social critics created a new discourse of 'natural' feminine behavior. This has been seen as the first stirrings of a middle-class ideology, opposed to the luxury and decadence of fashionable women, but using the correspondence and diaries of such aristocratic women, Tague traces the ways in which they adopted, adapted, and exploited these ideals of femininity to work to their own advantage
Analysis Mujeres Inglaterra Condiciones sociales Siglo XVIII
Mujeres Inglaterra Vida social y costumbres Siglo XVIII
Feminidad Inglaterra Historia Siglo XVIII
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-245) and index
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Subject Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Women -- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Femininity -- England -- History -- 18th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
Femininity
Women -- Social conditions
Women -- Social life and customs
Vrouwen.
Vrouwelijkheid.
Idealen (ethiek)
Normen (menswetenschappen)
England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846151781
1846151783
9786611949006
6611949003