Victorian respectability and gendered domestic space

dc.contributor.authorKarusseit, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-26T11:50:26Z
dc.date.available2008-05-26T11:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe ideology of respectability, the essential objective of Victorian existence, was a complex combination of moral, religious, economic and cultural systems. Respectability dictated specific gender definitions and was organised around an involved set of practices and representations that covered every aspect of an individual's life. In the Victorian commitment to an imperative moral code, respectability spun a persuasive web that wove the disparate elements of the middle class together. The core of this refined behavioural code was common to both men and women; yet in every nuance, close attention to gender definitions was essential to gentility. Moreover, respectability became inseparable from the home, the site of complementary masculinity and femininity.en
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dc.identifier.citationKarusseit, C 2007, 'Victorian respectability and gendered domestic space', Image & Text, vol. 13, pp. 38-53.en
dc.identifier.issn1020-1497
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/5523
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Visual Arts, University of Pretoriaen
dc.rightsDepartment of Visual Arts, University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectVictorian respectabilityen
dc.subject.lcshClothing and dressen
dc.subject.lcshLifestylesen
dc.subject.lcshManners and customsen
dc.subject.lcshSocial normsen
dc.titleVictorian respectability and gendered domestic spaceen
dc.typeArticleen

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