Domestic affairs : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain /

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This book explores the complicated relationships between domestic servants and their masters through close readings of such literary and non-literary eighteenth-century texts. Kristina Straub argues that many modern assumptions about sexuality and gender identity have their roots in these affective...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Straub, Kristina, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Temas:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Household employees in literature.
Master and servant in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Household employees > Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Families > Economic aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Employés de maison dans la littérature.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
Employés de maison > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Familles > Aspect économique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
Families > Economic aspects
Gender identity in literature
Group identity in literature
Household employees in literature
Household employees > Social conditions
Master and servant in literature
Social classes in literature
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "servant problem" and the family
  • "In the posture of children" : servants, family pedagogy, and sexuality
  • Interpreting the woman servant : Pamela and Elizabeth Canning, 1740 to 1760
  • Dangerous intimacies : Roxana, Amy, and the crimes of Elizabeth Brownrigg, 1724 to 1767
  • Performing the manservant, 1730 to 1760
  • Men servants' sexuality in the novel, 1740 to 1794
  • Conclusion: Notes of a footman on "the servant problem," 1790.

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