Men Getting Married in England, 1918-60

Consent, Celebration, Consummation
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-27404-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

Starting after the Great War, this book charts the rise of the ritualistic engagement, the modern white wedding and the more widely available honeymoon holiday, to show changes and continuities in English masculinity by considering power relations between men and women. Through a close reading of a range of sources (including first-person testimonies, newspapers and etiquette manuals), power relations between bride and groom, and between different generations, are revealed in the context of social class and the rise of consumerism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penlington, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Men and Marriage in England.- 2. Consent and Capacity: Which Men Could Marry?.- 3. Engagement: The Experience and Expectations of Engaged Men.- 4. Celebration: Men and the Wedding.- 5. Consummation: The Sexually ‘Normal’ Man.- 6. Honeymoon: Masculinity and the Newly-Married Man.- 7. Conclusion: Masculinity and Marriage in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Penlington is an independent scholar who received his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London, UK.