Unbecoming Gentlemen: Idleness, Occupation, and Masculinity, 1760-1820
(2025)
Thesis
Hardiman, E. R. Unbecoming Gentlemen: Idleness, Occupation, and Masculinity, 1760-1820. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1109990
This thesis explores the subject of elite masculinity in the late eighteenth century. Specifically, I focus on the discussion of, and resistance to, normative conceptions of genteel masculinity and how efforts to refashion and reimagine those dominan... Read More about Unbecoming Gentlemen: Idleness, Occupation, and Masculinity, 1760-1820.