Alternative Histories of the Self: A Cultural History of Sexuality and Secrets, 1780-1917 9781350030633

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Автор: Anna Clark
Название: Alternative Histories of the Self: A Cultural History of Sexuality and Secrets, 1780-1917
ISBN: 9781350030633
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Классификация:

История Европы

Социальная история и история культуры

Гендерные исследования, гендерные группы

Социология: сексуальные отношения

ISBN-10: 1350030635
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 224
Вес: 0.57 кг.
Дата издания: 14.12.2017
Серия: Biography
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 4 b/w illustrations
Размер: 162 x 240 x 23
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Memoirs,European history,Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900,Gender studies, gender groups, HISTORY / Europe / General,HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Основная тема: European history,HISTORY / Europe / General,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies,HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century,Gender studies, gender groups,Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900,Memoirs
Подзаголовок: A cultural history of sexuality and secrets, 1762-1917
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Alternative Histories of the Self investigates how people re-imagined the idea of the unique self in the period from 1762 to 1917. Some used the notion of the unique self to justify their gender and sexual transgression, but others rejected the notion of the unique self and instead demanded the sacrifice of the self for the good of society. The substantial introductory chapter places these themes in the cultural context of the long nineteenth century, but the book as a whole represents an alternative method for studying the self. Instead of focusing on the thoughts of great thinkers, this book explores how five unusual individuals twisted conventional ideas of the self as they interpreted their own lives. These subjects include:

* The Chevali r/e dEon, a renegade diplomat who was outed as a woman
* Anne Lister, who wrote coded diaries about her attraction to women
* Richard Johnson, who secretly criticized the empire that he served
* James Hinton, a Victorian doctor who publicly advocated philanthropy and privately supported polygamy
* Edith Ellis, a socialist lesbian who celebrated the abnormal

These five case studies are skilfully used to explore how the notion of the unique individual was used to make sense of sexual or gender non-conformity. Yet this queer reading will go beyond same-sex desire to analyse the issue of secrets and privacy; for instance, what stigma did men who practiced or advocated unconventional relationships with women incur? Finally, Clark ties these unusual lives to the wider questions of ethics and social justice: did those who questioned sexual conventions challenge political traditions as well?

This is a highly innovative study that will be of interest to intellectual historians of modern Britain and Europe, as well as historians of gender and sexuality.
Дополнительное описание: List of Images Introduction 1. Not Just a Gender Outlaw: Rousseau and the Chevali?r/e d’Eon 2. ‘I am not made like any of those I have seen’: Anne Lister as a Singular Self 3. The Imperial Self: Richard Johnson and the East India Company 4. James H

Alternative Histories of the Self: A Cultural History of Sexuality and Secrets, 1780-1917, Anna Clark