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This book examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India, as expressed through their personal and household possessions, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food.

Table of Contents

General Editor’s introduction
1. Introduction: Gentility and the performance of Self
2. ‘Dress indicates mind’: the art and practice of appearance management
3. ‘The arrangement requires much taste and judgement’: creating critical space, the living room
4. ‘No-one can overestimate the pleasure of tending flowers’: tasteful gardening and growing attachment
5. ‘The guests being seated at the dinner table, the lady serves the soup’: food and household management
6. Conclusion: The work of migrancy
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 5/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719097362, 978-0719097362
      ISBN10: 0719097363

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa, New Zealand and India, as expressed through their personal and household possessions, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food.

      Table of Contents

      General Editor’s introduction
      1. Introduction: Gentility and the performance of Self
      2. ‘Dress indicates mind’: the art and practice of appearance management
      3. ‘The arrangement requires much taste and judgement’: creating critical space, the living room
      4. ‘No-one can overestimate the pleasure of tending flowers’: tasteful gardening and growing attachment
      5. ‘The guests being seated at the dinner table, the lady serves the soup’: food and household management
      6. Conclusion: The work of migrancy
      Bibliography
      Index

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