This article explores the rhetorical and personal strategies deployed by male beggars in eighteenth-century Britain, and the response of elite and middling sort men to the same beggars. It suggests that for poor male beggars there were few choices. They could present themselves as "tricksters", or wounded heroes, as patriarchs broken by the obligations of family, or as religious mendicants. Each role helped support a masculine self-identity that allowed poor men to both beg and retain some self respect. For middling sort and elite men, the distance between themselves and a beggarly "other" was important to the creation of their own masculinity. The authority of the almsgiver was an important component of a secure elite masculine identity. B...
In this article, we argue that servants working for Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686) we...
International audienceIn the eighteenth century, the Grande Fabrique, an organized web of silk works...
This interdisciplinary collection explores a diverse range of the multiple and changing forms of mas...
Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA.This article explores the rhetorical and pers...
This article uses the diaries of the Sussex shopkeeper Thomas Turner, the Reverends James Woodforde ...
Many ancient sources mention beggars and begging. The analysis of these references, scattered in tex...
233 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.This thesis is concerned with...
This essay explores changes in eighteenth-century male clothing in the context of the history of se...
Les historiens de la Grande-Bretagne du XVIIIe siècle utilisent le toast comme prevue de la construc...
Gender roles dictated acceptable behavior during the early modem period (1450-1750). Within sixteent...
Constructing Gender in Early Modern England : Observation Gossip and Reputation The roles of men a...
This article examines how the experience and critique of their country decline led Spaniards to craf...
This article explores the cultural and social dimensions of male tears in early modern England, and ...
Beggars were a common feature of pre-modern societies in the Middle East. This article discusses whe...
This article provides an overview of some key developments in the historiography of manhood and masc...
In this article, we argue that servants working for Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686) we...
International audienceIn the eighteenth century, the Grande Fabrique, an organized web of silk works...
This interdisciplinary collection explores a diverse range of the multiple and changing forms of mas...
Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA.This article explores the rhetorical and pers...
This article uses the diaries of the Sussex shopkeeper Thomas Turner, the Reverends James Woodforde ...
Many ancient sources mention beggars and begging. The analysis of these references, scattered in tex...
233 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.This thesis is concerned with...
This essay explores changes in eighteenth-century male clothing in the context of the history of se...
Les historiens de la Grande-Bretagne du XVIIIe siècle utilisent le toast comme prevue de la construc...
Gender roles dictated acceptable behavior during the early modem period (1450-1750). Within sixteent...
Constructing Gender in Early Modern England : Observation Gossip and Reputation The roles of men a...
This article examines how the experience and critique of their country decline led Spaniards to craf...
This article explores the cultural and social dimensions of male tears in early modern England, and ...
Beggars were a common feature of pre-modern societies in the Middle East. This article discusses whe...
This article provides an overview of some key developments in the historiography of manhood and masc...
In this article, we argue that servants working for Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686) we...
International audienceIn the eighteenth century, the Grande Fabrique, an organized web of silk works...
This interdisciplinary collection explores a diverse range of the multiple and changing forms of mas...