ISBN:
978-0-230-35933-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 323 Seiten :
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Illustrationen, Diagramme.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kilday, Anne-Marie Shame and modernity in Britain
DDC:
306.09410904
Keywords:
Great Britain / Moral conditions / History
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Geschichte 1890-2016
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Shame / Moral conditions / History
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Geschichte
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Scham.
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Moralität.
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Großbritannien
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Großbritannien.
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Scham
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Moralität
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Geschichte 1890-2016
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Endurance of Shame and its Transformation in Modern Britain; Introduction; Locating Definitions of Shame in the Modern Era; Changing Contexts for Shame in Modernity; Tracing the Endurance of Shame in Modern Britain; Notes; Chapter 2: White Feathers and Black Looks: Cowardice, Conscientious Objection and Shame in the Great War; Introduction; The Origins of the White Feather Movement in Britain; Attacking Masculinity with a Feather; Tactics, Methodology and Impact; The Shaming of the Conscientious Objector
Description / Table of Contents:
Howard Cruttenden MartenMistakes, Concerns and Critiques; Conclusion: Shame Comes Full Circle; Notes; Chapter 3: 'This Tribune of the People, this Uncrowned King of Britain': Horatio Bottomley -- Shame, the Public Sphere and the Betrayal of Populism; Introduction; Early Career-The Populist Swindler in the Making?; Bottomley, John Bull and the First World War; Bottomley-Endgame and Analysis; Notes; Chapter 4: The Rector of Stiffkey: 'The lower he sinks, the greater their crime': Clerical Scandal, Prurience and the Archaeology of Reputation; Introduction; An Unfortunate Career in the Making
Description / Table of Contents:
Stiffkey-the Afterlife of an Incredible StoryStiffkey, Moral Censure and Restoring Reputation; Notes; Chapter 5: The Silent Scream of Shame? Abortion in Modern Britain; Introduction; Shame Associated with Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion: Twentieth-Century Precursors; The Context for Abortion in Modern Britain; The Experience of Abortion in Modern Britain; Reactions to Abortion in Modern Britain; Notes; Chapter 6: Modern Charivari or Merely Private Peccadillo? Lord Lambton and the Archetypal Sex Scandal; Introduction; The Sex Scandal in Historical Context; The Lord Lambton Affair
Description / Table of Contents:
The Legacy of ShamePersonal Reaction; Political Reaction; Press Reaction; Public Reaction; The Sex Scandal as Modern Shaming Ritual; Notes; Chapter 7: Lady Isobel Barnett: Shoplifting and Sympathy-The Last Gasp of Presumptive Shame?; Introduction; Isobel Barnett-A Life in Duty; Isobel Barnett-Duty Unravels; Pathologies of Shoplifting; Shoplifting, Class and the Law; Notes; Chapter 8: From Blackmail and the Closet to Pride and Shame: Homosexuality and Identity-The Military Example; Introduction; Gay Shame and the Early Twentieth-Century Experience; Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Military
Description / Table of Contents:
Rediscovering Shame and Embracing it: The Rise of Queer Theory and its NarrativesNotes; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Shaming Institutions: A Consequence of Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Unpublished Primary Sources; Published Primary Sources; On-Line Sources; Other Works; Secondary Sources; Monographs and Key Edited Collections; Journal Articles; Chapters from Edited Collections; Unpublished Theses and Dissertations; On-Line Publications; Key Websites; Index
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