Gender and Enlightenment Culture in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

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  • Gender and Enlightenment Culture in Eighteenth-Century Scotland Book Detail

  • Author : Rosalind Carr
  • Release Date : 2014-01-28
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 224
  • ISBN 13 : 0748646434
  • File Size : 26,26 MB
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Gender and Enlightenment Culture in Eighteenth-Century Scotland by Rosalind Carr PDF Summary

Book Description: Presents major new research on gender in the Scottish EnlightenmentWhat role did gender play in the Scottish Enlightenment? Combining intellectual and cultural history, this book explores how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment. It examines Scotland in a European context, investigating ideologies of gender and cultural practices among the urban elites of Scotland in the 18th century.The book provides an in-depth analysis of men's construction and performance of masculinity in intellectual clubs, taverns and through the violent ritual of the duel. Women are important actors in this story, and the book presents an analysis of women's contribution to Scottish Enlightenment culture, and it asks why there were no Scottish bluestockings.

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