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Presents major new research on gender in the Scottish EnlightenmentWhat role did gender play in the Scottish Enlightenment? Combining intellectual and cultural history, this book explores how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment. It examines Scotland in a European context, investigating ideologies of gender and cultural practices among the urban elites of Scotland in the 18th century.
The book provides an in-depth analysis of men's construction and performance of masculinity in intellectual clubs, taverns and through the violent ritual of the duel. Women are important actors in this story, and the book presents an analysis of women's contribution to Scottish Enlightenment culture, and it asks why there were no Scottish bluestockings.
About the author
Rosalind Carr is a cultural historian of early modern Scotland. A lecturer in History at the University of East London, she completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow, and has previously taught at the University of Sheffield, and held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. She has published articles on women and early modern Scottish political history, and on Scottish masculinities.
Summary
Combines intellectual and cultural history to explore how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment. It examines Scotland in a European context, investigating ideologies of gender and cultural practices among the urban elites of Scotland in the eighteenth century, from the violent ritual of duel, to the absence of Scottish bluestockings.
