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Domestic affairs intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain

Title
Domestic affairs [electronic resource] : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain / Kristina Straub.
Author
Straub, Kristina, 1951-
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 223 p.)
Uniform Title
Domestic affairs (Online)
Alternative Title
Domestic affairs (Online)
Subject
  • English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Household employees in literature
  • Master and servant in literature
  • Social classes in literature
  • Group identity in literature
  • Gender identity in literature
  • Household employees > Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century
  • Families > Economic aspects > History > Great Britain > 18th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-214) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The "servant problem" and the family -- "In the posture of children" : servants, family pedagogy, and sexuality -- Interpreting the woman servant : Pamela and Elizabeth Canning, 1740 to 1760 -- Dangerous intimacies : Roxana, Amy, and the crimes of Elizabeth Brownrigg, 1724 to 1767 -- Performing the manservant, 1730 to 1760 -- Men servants' sexuality in the novel, 1740 to 1794 -- Conclusion: Notes of a footman on "the servant problem," 1790.
LCCN
2008014660
OCLC
ssj0000336846
Author
Straub, Kristina, 1951-
Title
Domestic affairs [electronic resource] : intimacy, eroticism, and violence between servants and masters in eighteenth-century Britain / Kristina Straub.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-214) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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