‘Life will pass quickly for me’: Women, Clocks and Timekeeping in Nineteenth‐Century France

Rich, Rachel

doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12374

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“…Temporal self-discipline was crucial. 79 It contrasts sharply with the routines of lower-and middle-class people where the morning and afternoon were typically reserved for all sorts of (un)paid labour, while the evening was free for leisure and socialising, which seems to foreshadow our standard working day. 80 Apart from these class differences, van Eijck's diary also hints at some deeply ingrained gender patterns.…”

Section: Work Eat Sleep and Repeat: Daily Time-usementioning

confidence: 93%

“…19 Diaries literally were 'a way of spending and measuring time' structuring domestic routines and social life. 20 Following Sherman, diaries were thus not mere passive products of culture, but actively embodied and structured (transformations) in temporality. 21 Feminist scholars started to use diaries as a source in the 1970s to uncover the experiences of women in the past and reclaim their place in history.…”

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‘While my husband was away … ’: Gender and time in the diary of Clara Cornelia van Eijck (1790–1791)

Verhoeven¹,

Paklons²

2022

Gender & History

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The late eighteenth century has often been portrayed as a pivotal period in the genesis of modern awareness and use of time. Despite this, empirical research to bolster such claims remains relatively thin. The same holds true for gender differences as surprisingly little is known about women's timekeeping and time‐use in early modern Europe. Drawing on evidence from the late eighteenth‐century diary of Clara Cornelia van Eijck, a Dutch burgeres who spent her days in exile in Ghent, this article provides a fresh perspective on some of the key debates on early modern awareness of time.

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Section: Work Eat Sleep and Repeat: Daily Time-usementioning

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