1st Edition
Respectability as Moral Map and Public Discourse in the Nineteenth Century
By Woodruff D. Smith
Copyright 2018
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the fact that respectability is universally recognized as a feature of nineteenth-century society, it has seldom been studied as a subject in itself. In this path-breaking book, Woodruff D. Smith interprets respectability as a highly significant cultural phenomenon, incorporating both a moral imaginary or map and a distinctive discourse. Respectability was constructed in the public... Read more
1. Introduction First Section: Respectability as Map 2. Identity: The Self-respecting Self 3. Practice: Moral Competence 4. Distinction: Class, Gender and Moral Standing Second Section: Respectability as Discourse 5. Performance 6. Humanity and the Discourse of Respectability: Mother, Family and Civilization 7. Power 8. What Happened to Respectability?
Biography
Woodruff D. Smith is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Historical Study, University of Texas at Austin.
