The Strange Survival Story of the English Gentleman, 1945–2010
The Strange Survival Story of the English Gentleman, 1945–2010
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英国绅士的奇怪生存故事，1945-2010
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2012
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M. Savage
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作者：
Andrew Miles;M. Savage
摘要这篇文章引用了国家儿童发展研究和大众观察项目的证据来论证，“绅士”行为和阶级身份的观念并没有在战后的英国社会消失。相反，“绅士”行为的方方面面--比如对自己成就的谦逊，以及对自己的社会地位和阶级身份的刻意含糊--提供了一种手段，人们可以借此谈判现代“审计文化”的要求，并重新获得一种身份认同感。
ABSTRACT This article uses evidence from the National Child Development Study and the Mass-Observation project to argue that ideas of ‘gentlemanly’ behaviour, and a class-coded identity, have not disappeared in post-war English society. Rather, aspects of ‘gentlemanly’ behaviour – such as modesty about one's achievements and a studied vagueness about one's social position and class identity – provide a means by which people can negotiate the demands of modern ‘audit culture’, and renew a sense of status.