… if the local landowner, or a visiting one like Mr Darcy, chose to attend (Russel 184). Despite being governed by strict conventions, dancing was an erotically charged form of embodied sociability. For both sexes the ball represented the …
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… it facilitated the formation of political alliances and was of central importance in holding factions together; its conventions are reflected in the canvasses, treats, and balls of the electoral cycle; and a shared understanding of …
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