Shame and modernity in Britain : 1890 to the present /: 1890 to the present. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne-Marie Kilday, David S. Nash.
• Authors: Kilday, Anne-Marie; Nash, David (David S.)
• Contents: Introduction : the endurance of shame and its transformation in modern Britain -- White feathers and black looks : cowardice, conscientious objection and shame in the Great War -- "This tribune of the people, this uncrowned king of Britain" : Horatio Bottomley--shame, the public sphere and the betrayal of populism -- The rector of Stiffkey : "the lower he sinks, the greater their crime" : clerical scandal, prurience and the archaeology of reputation -- The silent scream of shame? : abortion in modern Britain -- Modern charivari or merely private peccadillo? : Lord Lambton and the archetypal sex scandal -- Lady Isobel Barnett : shoplifting and sympathy--the last gasp of presumptive shame? -- From blackmail and the closet to pride and shame : homosexuality and identity--the military example -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 152.4; History; Shame -- Great Britain -- History; PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology; Moral conditions; Shame; History -- Social History; History -- Europe -- General; Social & cultural history; European history; Great Britain-History; Social history; Europe-History-1492-; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain -- Moral conditions -- History; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137319197; 1137319194
• Related ISBNs: 9780230359338; 0230359337
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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