Cultures of Shame [electronic resource] : Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1600-1900 /
Nash, D.author.
Kilday, A.author.
The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 The History and Theory of Shame - Then and Now; 2 Private Passions and Public Penance: Popular Shaming Rituals in Pre-Modern Britain; 3 The Shame and Fame of 'Half-Hangit Maggie': Attitudes to the Child Murderer in Early Modern Scotland; 4 'To Make Men of their Honesty Afraid': Shaming the Ideological Dissident 1650-1834; 5 Conservatives, Humanitarians and Reformers Debate Shame; 6 The Everyday Life of a Wexford Parson: The Rev. William Hughes' Taste for Drink, Blasphemy, Indecent Exposure, Criminal
7 'The Woman in the Iron mask': From Low Life Picaresque to Bourgeois Tragedy - Matrimonial Violence and the Audiences for8 Writing 'Cuckold on the Forehead of a Dozen Husbands': Mid-Victorian Monarchy and the Construction of Bourgeois Shame; 9 Conclusion: Reconciling Shame with Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations.
Great Britain-History.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
Criminology.
History, Modern.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Modern History.