'We Did Not Go'; Domestic Sociability in Early Nineteenth-Century Lutterworth, Leicestershire

This study of the diary of a middling woman in a rural provincial location in the 1820s, considers the operation of domestic visit culture and argues that the domestic realm was more expansive, productive, and heterosocial than other studies have suggested, characterized by widespread female mobilit...

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Published in:	Midland history 2023-01, Vol.48 (1), p.84-106
Main Author:	Greany, Denise
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	friendship lutterworth mobility nineteenth century Sickness sociability women
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Summary:	This study of the diary of a middling woman in a rural provincial location in the 1820s, considers the operation of domestic visit culture and argues that the domestic realm was more expansive, productive, and heterosocial than other studies have suggested, characterized by widespread female mobility and agency. This article suggests that care for the sick provided as significant a motivation, location, and routine for provincial female sociable lives as courtship, religious observance, and commercial activity.
ISSN:	0047-729X 1756-381X