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100	1	0	_aPhilp, Mark _eauthor
245	0	0	_aTouch: changing norms of physical contact between men and women in 18th century England
260			_c2023.
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520			_aThis paper examines the changing norms regarding touch, particularly between young women of marriageable age and young men in Britain at the end of the 18th century. These emerging norms, related to sociability and ideals of polite society, were largely set and enforced by other women. While they allowed them some freedom from men’s intrusive attempts, these norms were also accompanied by a denial of women’s sexual desire. People who were seen as transgressing these norms risked being excluded from “society”. The discussion draws on a range of memoirs, diaries, novels, conduct books and letters to examine an area of conduct that is rarely the subject of explicit comment.
690			_aPoliteness
690			_aNorms
690			_aCourtship
690			_aBodily contact
690			_aSexuality
690			_aPoliteness
690			_aNorms
690			_aCourtship
690			_aBodily contact
690			_aSexuality
786	0		_nDix-huitième siècle | o 55 | 1 | 2023-05-09 | p. 63-77 | 0070-6760
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-dix-huitieme-siecle-2023-1-page-63?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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