Female alliances : gender, identity, and friendship in early modern Britain /

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, cultural, economic, and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances, women worked to socially cohere Britain and its colonies. In this historical study of fem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbert, Amanda E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2014.
Temas:
Female friendship > Great Britain.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Amitié féminine > Grande-Bretagne.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Female friendship
Women > Social conditions
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1."Small Expressions of My Passionate Love and Friendship to Thee": The Idioms and Languages of Female Alliances
  • 2. Noble Presents: Gender, Gift Exchange, and the Reappropriation of Luxury
  • 3. Cooperative Labor: Making Alliances through Women's Recipes and Domestic Production
  • 4. Hot Spring Sociability: Women's Alliances at British Spas
  • 5. Yokemates: Female Quaker Companionship in the British Atlantic World
  • 6. Reconciling Friendship and Dissent: Female Alliances in the Diaries of Sarah Savage.

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