HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I. Defining the middle class (or bourgeoisie)II. Liberal politicsIII. Middle class political gainsA. France, 1830: another revolutionB. Britain and the 1832 Great Reform ActOutline of Current Lecture I. A middle class age?A. The way in which the middle class shapes values to match their own1. Culture and morality2. Monarchs, skilled laborers, and upper class begin to adopt versions of middle class valuesB. Political gains1. England2. FranceC. Architects of capitalist economyII. A culture of respectabilityA. Respectability is the guiding ideal1. Intense morality2. Even the market has a moral structure (economy)B. Family, sobriety (temperance movement), frugality, industry (work is important, become industrious people), educational attainment, religious (still the foundation of middle class life), sexual propriety (abstinence until marriage, promiscuity frowned upon)1. All of these connected to the idea of self-control: defines them as separate from lower and upper classes because of mastery over impulses III. Middle class familyA. Separate spheres1. Outside the home: individualism, equal opportunity, competition2. Inside the home: dominated by men (patriarchal), no individual interest, lack of equalityThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.3. Women never work outside household in middle class families; job is inside the housei. Domestic servants are a given for middle class familiesii. Marriage is very important; have to choose someone carefully because divorce is frowned upon and sometimes not availableiii. Public (male: work to support family financially, ethical values sometimes negated, morally compromised) vs. private (female: creating a home to be a haven from the work sphere, supervision of servants, raising children to be moral and religious) spheres; this separation is referred to as the culture of domesticity B. Defining gender: cultural construct1. Difference between gender (cultural/societal) and sex (biological)2. Ex: blue for boys, pink for girls3. Coventry Patmore-The Angel in the HouseholdIV. Sources of change: a nascent culture of consumptionA. Increasingly defined by pleasure of marketplace1. Recreational shopping: just shopping for the pleasure of shopping, not out of need2. Change from delayed gratification to instant gratification: eternal
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