ISBN:
9781351600156
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (291 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Cultural History v.53
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Cultural History Ser v.53
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Smith, Woodruff D Respectability as Moral Map and Public Discourse in the Nineteenth Century
DDC:
302/.15
Keywords:
Conduct of life--History--19th century
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- FIRST SECTION Respectability as Map -- 2 Identity: The Self-Respecting Self -- 3 Practice: Moral Competence -- 4 Distinction: Class, Gender and Moral Standing -- SECOND SECTION Respectability as Discourse -- 5 Performance -- 6 Humanity and the Discourse of Respectability: Mother, Family and Civilization -- 7 Power -- 8 What Happened to Respectability? -- Index.
