Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Traveling Beyond Her Sphere: American Women on the Grand Tour 1814–1914

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

A history of American women challenging domesticity by touring Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The nineteenth-century ideal of domesticity identified home as women’s proper sphere, but the ideal was frequently challenged, profoundly so when woman left home and country to travel in foreign lands. This book explores the reasons for and ramifications of women making a Grand Tour, a trip to Europe, between 1814 and 1914; this century between major European wars witnessed the golden age of American Grand Tours.

Men and women alike were inspired by a Euro-centric education that valued the Old World as the fountainhead of their civilization. Reaching Europe necessitated an Ocean crossing, a disorienting time taking women far from domestic comfort. Once abroad, American women had to juggle accustomed norms of behavior with the demands of travel and customs of foreign lands. Wearing proper attire, even when hiking in the Alps, coping with unfamiliar languages, grappling with ever-changing rules about customs and passports, traveling alone—these were just some of the challenges women faced when traveling. Some traveled with their husband, others with female relatives and friends and a few entirely alone. Traveling companions had to agree on where to stay, when and where to dine, how to travel, and where to go.

The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 made clear that even in the twentieth century, a Grand Tour involved risk. Because more women survived then men, some insisted that the Titanic’s example should curb female independence. However, a growing number of women continued making a Grand Tour for the next two year. It was the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914 that temporarily brought an end to a century of female Grand Tours.

“Beatty’s ability to weave the experiences of hundreds of American women on the Grand Tour in Europe into a consistent narrative is per se a remarkable feat. But the author does much more than that. She uses the “journey” as trope to represent the long and difficult process of women’s emancipation, in its several cultural, psychological, social, and political dimensions.” —Susanna Delfino, Professor of American History, retired. University of Genoa, Italy

© 2016 New Academia (E-bog): 9781955835343

Release date

E-bog: 8. september 2016

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction Dan Stone
  2. Darkest England Idries Shah
  3. Opium. The Flowers of Evil Donald Wigal
  4. Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil Tianna Paschel
  5. Blue Nights Joan Didion
  6. At Home in the World: Women Writers and Public Life, from Austen to the Present Deborah Epstein Nord
  7. Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design Kristina Wilson
  8. Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History Gilbert Herdt
  9. Site Reading: Fiction, Art, Social Form David J. Alworth
  10. The Englishman's Handbook Idries Shah
  11. So You Want to Talk about Race Ijeoma Oluo
  12. Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip Richard Ratay
  13. Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay
  14. H. P. Lovecraft – Horror Stories Vol. I H.P. Lovecraft
  15. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason Justin Smith-Ruiu
  16. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  17. American Nightmare: The History of Jim Crow Jerrold M. Packard
  18. The Illustrated Feminist: 100 Years of Suffrage, Strength, and Sisterhood in America Aura Lewis
  19. Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day Brian Groom
  20. All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories Edward P. Jones
  21. *FAMOUS YOGA QUOTES Various authors
  22. Jung Anthony Stevens
  23. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paul Kriwaczek
  24. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Iris Chang
  25. Feminism Is for Everybody Bell Hooks
  26. Formations of Belief: Historical Approaches to Religion and the Secular Philip Nord
  27. In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing Elena Ferrante
  28. Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet Daisy Dunn
  29. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality Angus Deaton
  30. Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road Kate Harris
  31. Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton
  32. Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970 Suzanne L. Marchand
  33. Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez
  34. Tibet in Chains: The Stories of Nine Tibetan Nuns International Campaign for Tibet
  35. The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
  36. Fantasia of the Unconscious D. H. Lawrence
  37. Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change Ashley Dawson
  38. Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction Veronique Mottier
  39. How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love Logan Ury
  40. Haunted Museum: Longing, Travel, and the Art - Romance Tradition Jonah Siegel
  41. Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain Wen-shing Chou
  42. On the Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami Masakazu Yamazaki
  43. Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World Kelly Brenner
  44. Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text Jaś Elsner
  45. The Fourth Pig Naomi Mitchison
  46. Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm Isabella Tree

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis