Losing face: shame, society and the self in early modern England

"This book is a study of shame in English society in the two centuries between c.1550 and c.1750, demonstrating the ubiquity and powerful hold it had on contemporaries over the entire era. Placing these divergent forms in the context of the momentous social and cultural shifts that unfolded ove...

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Main Author: Ben-Amos, Ilana Krausman (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
Series:Routledge research in early modern history
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Summary:"This book is a study of shame in English society in the two centuries between c.1550 and c.1750, demonstrating the ubiquity and powerful hold it had on contemporaries over the entire era. Placing these divergent forms in the context of the momentous social and cultural shifts that unfolded over the course of the era, the book challenges perceptions of the waning of shame in the transition from early modern to modern times, arguing instead that whereas some modes of shame diminished or disappeared, others remained vital, were reformulated and vastly enhanced"--
Physical Description:vi, 254 Seiten
ISBN:9781032129259
9781032129273
1032129271

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