Soul, purse and family: middling and lower-class masculinity in eighteenth-century Manchester1

Barker, Hannah

doi:10.1080/03071020701833309

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“…Hannah Barker finds in her recent study of the diaries of four Manchester men that they were preoccupied by 'the concerns of family life and the "private" sphere'. 21 These rather unremarkable northern men had somewhat ordinary and everyday engagements with home. Barker's article exposes the oddity of a historiography that has occluded such ordinariness, and provides an invaluable piece as we reassemble the jigsaw.…”

Section: Missing Menmentioning

confidence: 99%

Men Making Home: Masculinity and Domesticity in Eighteenth‐Century Britain

Harvey

2009

Gender & History

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Eighteenth‐century England is, for many scholars, the time and place where modern domesticity was invented; the point at which ‘home’ became a key concept sustained by new literary imaginings and new social practices. But as gendered individuals, and certainly compared to women, men are notable for their absence in accounts of the eighteenth‐century domestic interior. In this essay, I examine the relationship between constructs of masculinity and meanings of home. During the eighteenth century, ‘home’ came to mean more than one's dwelling; it became a multi‐faceted state of being, encompassing the emotional, physical, moral and spatial. Masculinity intersected with domesticity at all levels and stages in its development. The nature of men's engagements with home were understood through a model of ‘oeconomy’, which brought together the home and the world, primarily through men's activities. Indeed, this essay proposes that attention to how this multi‐faceted eighteenth‐century ‘home’ was made in relation to masculinity shifts our understanding of home as a private and feminine space opposed to an ‘outside’ and public world.

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Section: Missing Menmentioning

confidence: 99%

Men Making Home: Masculinity and Domesticity in Eighteenth‐Century Britain

Harvey

2009

Gender & History

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“…These men show warm emotions toward their children, welcoming their arrival into the family (Barker, 2008). They were masculine, but did not shun domestic life (Barker, 2008). However, there were challenges to being the head of a household in the 18 th century.…”

Section: History Of Eurocentric Fatherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Barker presents masculinity and fathers as being reliable, and attached firmly to their homes, places of work and places of worship. These men show warm emotions toward their children, welcoming their arrival into the family (Barker, 2008). They were masculine, but did not shun domestic life (Barker, 2008).…”

Section: History Of Eurocentric Fatherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The history of fathers, in previous centuries, primarily focused on the public aspect of fatherhood, to the exclusion of the everyday life of fathers (Barker, 2008). Barker (2008) adds to the literature by offering a micro glimpse of life for fathers during the 18 th centuiy. Barker presents masculinity and fathers as being reliable, and attached firmly to their homes, places of work and places of worship.…”

Section: History Of Eurocentric Fatherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During the 18 th century -named the early modern period by some-families and communities were created and recreated with increases in powerlessness due to the shifting newly emerging capitalistic economies (Aitken, 2009;Barker, 2008). Fatherhood was relegated to institutional form and fathering as a societal practice was diminished (Aitken, 2009).…”

Section: History Of Eurocentric Fatherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

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