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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823898303321

Autore

Carr Rosalind

Titolo

Gender and enlightenment culture in eighteenth-century Scotland / / Rosalind Carr [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014

ISBN

9781306465342 (electronic book)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Scottish historical review monographs series ; ; no. 22.

Disciplina

941.107

Soggetti

Enlightenment - Scotland

Sex role - Scotland - History - 18th century

History

Scotland History 18th century

Scotland Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Masculinity, homosociality and intellectual culture -- Women and intellectual culture -- Urbane and urban sociability in Enlightenment Edinburgh -- Enlightened violence? Elite manhood and the duel.

Sommario/riassunto

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 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.--