Gender and Enlightenment culture in eighteenth-century Scotland

Gender and Enlightenment culture in eighteenth-century Scotland /

What 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 eli...

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Main Author: Carr, Rosalind (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : University Press, 2014.
Series:Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 22.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Enlightenment > Scotland.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Enlightenment
Manners and customs
Scotland > History > 18th century.
Scotland > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Écosse > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Écosse > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
Scotland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Masculinity, homosociality and intellectual culture
  • Women and intellectual culture
  • Urbane and urban sociability in Enlightenment Edinburgh
  • Enlightened violence? Elite manhood and the duel.

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