ISBN:
9783111081700
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 293 p.)
DDC:
306.85094
Keywords:
Geschichte 1750-1900
;
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
;
Eheschließung
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Bürgerfamilie
;
Häuslichkeit
;
Alltag
;
Deutschland
;
Schweiz
;
Österreich
Abstract:
In the era of bourgeois modernity (1750-1900), the family is as valued as it is vulnerable. It constitutes a community of care, conflict, and emotion. Time and again, it is evoked as a bond of love as well as a moral institution. Yet both love and morality are fragile. A more detailed exploration reveals that domestic life during this period was much more colorful, open, and dynamic - and also more prone to crisis - than one might expect given the vaunted view of the family that characterized the heyday of the bourgeoisie. This book rewrites the history of the modern family. Self-narratives - primarily diaries - written by members of eight families from Germany, Switzerland, and Austria serve as sources for this research. The focus extends far beyond the bourgeoisie. With a micro-historical eye, the author reconstructs family histories from the peasant milieu to the patrician elite, from the parsonage to the educated bourgeoisie; he considers the domestic life of a journeyman craftsman, a couple's descent from the ranks of the petite bourgeoisie, the effects of an itinerant childhood among the proletariat, and the strain of being caught between a bourgeois family and artistic individuality. Many of these aspects point beyond bourgeois modernity to the family in our time.
DOI:
10.1515/9783111081700
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111081700
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