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Shipwrecked; or, masculinity imperiled: Mercantile representations of failure and the gendered...
- Source :
- Journal of American History; Jun94, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p51-80, 30p, 4 Black and White Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- Focuses on the correspondence of Philadelphia, Pa.'s largest wholesale merchants in the 18th century. Dependence of trade in narratives of business failures using gender imagery; Significance of merchants' letters for study of cultural production of gender categories; Meaning of elusive masculinity; Use of theatrical paradigm to shape concerns about manly identity.
- Subjects :
- MERCHANTS
GENDER identity
BUSINESS failures
LETTERS
HISTORY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218723
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9408034161
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2080993