The Independent Man: Citizenship and Gender Politics in Georgian EnglandManchester University Press, 2005 - 222 pages Independence' was an important ideal for men in Georgian England. In this period however, the word meant much more than simply the virtues of self-sufficiency and impartiality. Most people believed that obligations absolutely compromised freedom and conscience, whereas 'independence' was associated with manly virtue and physical vigour. Fundamentally, the political world was thought to consist of 'independent men', exercising their consciences and standing up for the general good. As such, Georgians thought about political action and masculine virtue very differently to the ways in which we do today. In this important new study, Matthew McCormack establishes the links between the histories of masculinity and politics, highlighting the centrality of 'manly' ideals in the political world and - conversely - the role of politics in the operation of gender ideology. The book will be welcomed by students and specialists alike with interests in politics, gender studies or British history in the period |
Table des matières
Act the part of Honest Independent Men | 31 |
3 | 40 |
6 | 52 |
Independence versus Old Corruption 181529 | 163 |
Independence and the reform debates 183032 | 189 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Independent Man: Citizenship and Gender Politics in Georgian England Matthew McCormack Aucun aperçu disponible - 2011 |
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American American Revolution argued aristocratic behaviour Black Dwarf boroughs Britain British Britons Cambridge University Press Catullus century character Charles James Fox Christopher Wyvill citizen citizenship claimed classical classical republicanism common conceived conception connotations constitution contemporary context contrast corruption country gentleman critique debate dence dependence eighteenth eighteenth-century election electoral independence elite emphasised employed enfranchisement England English political franchise freedom fundamentally gender Georgian Georgian political historians History honour household ical idea important inde individual influence John late-Georgian libertarianism libertinism liberty Linda Colley loyalism loyalist male manly independence masculine moral natural neo-classical obligation opposition Oxford parliament parliamentary reform patronage pendence period personal independence political culture political virtue question radical rank Reform Act regarded Revolution role sense social society sought suffrage Thomas Paine tion traditional universal suffrage Victorian virtuous vols London vote voters Whig Whiggish Wilkes Wilkes's Wilkite William Cobbett women Wyvill