Book Details
Orange Code:28029
Paperback:278 pages
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1. SUBJECTIVITIES,HIERARCHIES,CONTEXT2. LANDSCAPE,MEMORY,NATURE3. ECONOMICS IN A SMALLSOCIETY4. CULINARY JANE5. THEINTERIOR LANDSCAPE: FASHION,THE BODY AND THE DESIGNED WAY OF LIFE6. THEBITTER TRADE: MARRIAGE AND OTHERCONCLUSIONS
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Jane Austen's universe is so focused on interiority, on the subjectivities of her characters, that it promises little for the sociologist. In this original piece of work on the Austen novels, Christopher Wilkes examines the social nature of Austen's contribution, using Bourdieu's theory of social practice. In an investigation that spans the social worlds of landscape, economics, culinary practice and fashion, Wilkes argues that Austen was an exemplary social analyst, uniquely able to reveal the complex social hierarchies of her time.
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