Status, gender and life cycle in the consumption practices of the English elite. The case of Mary Leigh, 1736-1806
Status, gender and life cycle in the consumption practices of the English elite. The case of Mary Leigh, 1736-1806
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英国精英消费实践中的地位、性别和生命周期。
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10.1080/03071022.2014.984963
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2015
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Stobart J
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Stobart J
多年来，精英阶层的消费行为受到了历史学家的极大关注。妇女（和性别）的作用大多是在已婚夫妇的背景下考虑的，因此是在生命周期的特定阶段，重点是丈夫和妻子在家庭经济中的补充作用。我们对单身女性的消费行为知之甚少，尤其是在她们的生命历程中，单身被视为一个过渡阶段，而不是许多精英女性的长期状况。本文采用个案研究的方法，详细探讨消费和购物行为是如何形成的性别，地位和家庭，以及这些相对重要性如何改变了个人的生命历程。它特别关注从谁那里买了什么，以及决定选择供应商的因素，并认为单身地位赋予了妇女行动的自由，但这是由地位义务和家庭约束所限制的。当然，土地所有权带来了责任，也带来了影响消费的机会;但作为世系的家庭在影响消费模式和地域方面尤为重要。
The consumption practices of the elite have received a great deal of attention from historians over the years. The role of women (and gender) is mostly considered in the context of married couples, and therefore at a particular stage in the life cycle, with emphasis placed on the complementary role of husband and wife in the household economy. We know less about the consumption behaviour of single women, especially the ways in which this developed over their life course, singleness being seen as a passing stage rather than a long-term condition for many elite women. This article takes a case-study approach to explore in detail how consumption and shopping behaviour were shaped by gender, status and family, and how the relative importance of these changed over the life course of the individual. It focuses in particular on what was bought from whom and the factors shaping the choice of supplier, and argues that single status gave women freedom to act, but that this was framed by the obligations of status and the constraints of family. Landownership, of course, brought responsibilities as well as opportunities that shaped spending; but family as lineage was especially important in shaping patterns and geographies of spending.