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A man's place : masculinity and the middle-class home in Victorian England /
"John Tosh shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal, and how they negotiated its many contradictions. Tosh begins by looking at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex and fatherhood in the early decades of the nineteenth century -- illustrated by case-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, Connecticut ; London :
Yale University Press,
2007.
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| Edición: | [Paperback edition]. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "John Tosh shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal, and how they negotiated its many contradictions. Tosh begins by looking at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex and fatherhood in the early decades of the nineteenth century -- illustrated by case-studies representing a variety of backgrounds -- and then contrasts this with the lives of the late Victorian generation. By the 1870s, men were becoming less enchanted with the pleasures of home. Once the rights of wives were extended by law and society, marriage seemed less attractive, and the bachelor world of clubland flourished as never before. The Victorians declared that to be fully human and fully masculine, men must be active participants in domestic life. In exposing the contradictions in this ideal, they defined the climate for gender politics in the next century."--Jacket. |
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| Notas: | "With a new preface"--Cover image. Originally published: 1999. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300143683 0300143680 1299463851 9781299463851 0585347581 9780585347585 |