Victorian Courtship – from Ideal to Real. The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine and the Rules of Etiquette

Iwona Sakowicz

Victorian Courtship – from Ideal to Real. The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine and the Rules of Etiquette

Data publikacji: 21.12.2023

Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2023, Tom 14 (2023), s. 215-227

https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.23.014.18815

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Victorian Courtship – from Ideal to Real. The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine and the Rules of Etiquette

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The Victorian era in Britain was characterized by an emphasis on “respectability” which formed a part of the domesticity ideology that treated the home as a place created for women. Proper, respectable behaviour was a function of belonging to the middle class. A significant number of savoir‑vivre guides published contemporaneously informed the reader not only about receiving guests but also about courtship and marriage. The subject of the article is a close reading of these etiquette guides and the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine letter section, which frequently addresses issues of courtship and marriage. The analysis of the texts using rigid gender roles as presented in the guides and the comparison of them with the letter section of the magazine shows that young readers expressed their independence and assertiveness in trying to contest these rules.

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flirt, courtship, victorian, etiquette guides, Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine

flirt, zaloty, wiktoriański, poradniki savoir‑vivre’u, Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine

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Informacje: Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2023, Tom 14 (2023), s. 215-227

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.23.014.18815

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Victorian Courtship – from Ideal to Real. The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine and the Rules of Etiquette

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Iwona Sakowicz

Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, ul. Wita Stwosza 55 80-952 Gdańsk

Publikacja: 21.12.2023

Status artykułu: Otwarte

Licencja: Żadna

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