Stereotypes and stereotyping in early modern England

• 1. Verfasser: Yamamoto, Koji (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Manchester Manchester University Press 2022
• Schlagworte: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Social, group or collective psychology; stereotypes; early modern; reformation; popery and anti-popery; puritanism; projects and projectors; plays and theatre; social psychology; sociology; stigma
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Early modern stereotypes are often studied as evidence of popular belief, something mired with prejudices and commonly held assumptions. This volume of essays goes beyond this approach, and explores practices of stereotyping as contested processes. To do so the volume draws on recent works on social...