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Genteel women

Autor Dianne Lawrence
en Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2012
During the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth, colonial expansion prompted increasing numbers of genteel women to establish their family homes in far flung corners of the world. This work explores ways in which the women's values, as expressed through their material culture, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food, were instrumental in constructing various forms of genteel society in alien settings. Lawrence examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India. Hers is a notable work in being the first to address the significance of the concept and enactment of female gentility within the broader framework of colonial development. In so doing it offers a revised reading of the behavior, motivations and practices of female elites, thereby calling into doubt the oft-stated notion that such women were a constraining element in new societies. Shedding new light on the experiences of women, empire and the material culture of the domestic sphere, this book will be of interest to those studying everyday life and consumption, gender, imperialism and migration.
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ISBN-13: 9780719088032
ISBN-10: 0719088038
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

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This book examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India, as expressed through their personal and household possessions, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food.