Touch and sociability [ Communication ]
… of not meaning to dance', © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D12835, 1804. Résumé The historiography suggests a growing culture of polite sociability across the course of the eighteenth century. One dimension of this ‘politeness’ is the … vol. II, p. 170. The literature on British sociability over the long eighteenth century points to the emergence of a culture of politeness, sociability and sensibility that came to discipline the behaviour of men in relation to women, … her and doing so by projecting an image of her modesty and worth. The rise of commercial society and its accompanying culture of sociability both exposed women to many dangers that were absent in a narrow pastoral life, while providing the …
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