The Season: A Social History of the Debutante (eBook)

Kristen Richardson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
304 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-60874-8 (ISBN)

Infos

From Georgian England and Edith Wharton's New York to the contemporary International Debutante Ball, the presentation of young women into society has persisted. In this "e;sharply observed"e; (The New Yorker) exploration of the debutante ritual, Kristen Richardson uncovers its extensive cultural influence in Britain and the United States, how daughters in these countries have come to marry, and the ritual's spread around the world-reaching France, Russia and China. The Season gives voice to an array of complex feelings about being put on display, and about what these women's futures in society might be.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 8 pages of illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: 400 families • aristocracy • Astor • Ballroom • Coming of Age • cotillion • DEB • debdom • dowry • Elizabeth I • feminist • feminist perspective • Gilded Age • Henry VIII • High Society • infirmary ball • international debutantes ball • junior assembly • junior league • marriage • Mayflower • Nobility • reconstruction • Tradition • Women
• ISBN-10: 0-393-60874-3 / 0393608743
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-60874-8 / 9780393608748