Public and Private: Gender, Class, and the British Novel (1764-1878)U of Minnesota Press, 1997 - 243 páginas This groundbreaking work examines the emergent and fluctuating relationship between the public and private social spheres of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By assessing novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma through the lens of the social theories of Jurgen Habermas and Michel Foucault, Patricia McKee presents a fresh and highly original contribution to literary studies. |
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... ing hegemony of " middle - class " ideology in public political life . Both Michael McKeon and Nancy Armstrong argue that assimilations or internalizations occur , through subjectivity , of formerly public func- 6 INTRODUCTION.
... ing hegemony of " middle - class " ideology in public political life . Both Michael McKeon and Nancy Armstrong argue that assimilations or internalizations occur , through subjectivity , of formerly public func- 6 INTRODUCTION.
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... argue that nineteenth - century novelists impose increasingly definite classifications on social groups in the course of the nineteenth century . But this oc- curs on the basis of peoples ' knowledge and beliefs and can occur only when ...
... argue that nineteenth - century novelists impose increasingly definite classifications on social groups in the course of the nineteenth century . But this oc- curs on the basis of peoples ' knowledge and beliefs and can occur only when ...
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... argue that domestic women were most influential in putting this ideology into power . For Armstrong , do- mestic ... arguing for a new set of qualities to desire in a woman , these books ... made her capable of authorizing a whole new ...
... argue that domestic women were most influential in putting this ideology into power . For Armstrong , do- mestic ... arguing for a new set of qualities to desire in a woman , these books ... made her capable of authorizing a whole new ...
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... argues that eighteenth - century concepts of public and pri- vate spheres developed from earlier concepts and practices allowing for little participation and debate in public by private persons . He distin- guishes the public spheres of ...
... argues that eighteenth - century concepts of public and pri- vate spheres developed from earlier concepts and practices allowing for little participation and debate in public by private persons . He distin- guishes the public spheres of ...
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... argues , the " prov- ince of interiority " has been " hollowed out , " because the consumption of culture no longer demands critical reflection or critical debate ( 162—63 ) . Consumption thus becomes the activity of public and private ...
... argues , the " prov- ince of interiority " has been " hollowed out , " because the consumption of culture no longer demands critical reflection or critical debate ( 162—63 ) . Consumption thus becomes the activity of public and private ...
Contenido
Emma and Frankenstein | 47 |
Public Knowledge Common Knowledge | 113 |
East Lynne | 152 |
Conclusion | 219 |
Index | 239 |
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