Gestural Dignity
Early Modern Intergenerational Letters of Advice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15014787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johanna Harris (0000-0002-7475-2243, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 327-348 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature and medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-9671 • E-ISSN: 1080-6571 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lm.2020.0024 |
| PMID | 33518546 |
| OpenAlex | W3126783854 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It was during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that the concept of human dignity began to pivot more firmly towards the notion of egalitarian moral worth that it now represents. This essay focuses on the relationship between the generations as an important place to look for markers of societal attitudes about the meaning of dignity or its absence. A valuable site of discovery is the early modern letter of advice, passed between parents and children or, in some cases, across three generations. The category of intergenerational relationship analysis is increasingly an important focus of study within the health humanities, a category of particular use in improving social cohesion and wellbeing and, therefore, community flourishing
Dignity · Environmental ethics · Flourishing · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |