Gender, Civic Culture and Consumerism: Middle Class Identity in Britain 1800 to 1940: The British Middle Classes, 1795-1939

Gender, Civic Culture and Consumerism: Middle Class Identity in Britain 1800 to 1940: The British Middle Classes, 1795-1939

by David Nicholls (Editor), Alan Kidd (Editor)

Synopsis

The essays in this volume deal chiefly with issues of class and gender which are seen as mutually constitutive of social identity. Historical interest in the idea of modernity is represented in studies of socio-spatial relations of urban culture and in the emergence of gender-laden conceptions of the modern suburban culture of domesticity and consumerism. Art and art patronage are dissected as cultural motifs suggestive both of gender and rank. The detailed cultural aesthetic of the middle classes is explored from the learned societies of the late 18th century to the amateur operatic societies of the 20th-century suburbs. A key focus is the changing and uncertain representation of masculine identities in relation to class.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: First Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05 Aug 1999

ISBN 10: 0719056764
ISBN 13: 9780719056765

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...this book represents an invaluable contribution to middle-class studies.
-Victorian Studies
Author Bio
Alan Kidd is Reader in History at Manchester Metropolitan University.
David Nicholls is Head of the Department of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.