Divided between Carelessness and Care A Cultural History

The concept of "care" defines our humanity. Covering topics as diverse as familial care, medical care, artistic care, scientific care, and various other permutations of the term, this book examines the word and concept of "care" from a cultural perspectiv

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10.1057/9781137368638 - Divided between Carelessness and Care, Richard Hillyer

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DIVIDED BETWEEN CARELESSNESS AND CARE

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A Cultural History

Richard Hillyer

10.1057/9781137368638 - Divided between Carelessness and Care, Richard Hillyer

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Divided between Carelessness and Care

DIVIDED BETWEEN CARELESSNESS AND CARE

Copyright © Richard Hillyer, 2013. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–36862–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Preface

Part I Careful and Careless Words Chapter 1 Native

3

Chapter 2 Foreign

21

Part II Careful and Care-Fraught Types Chapter 3 Scientists

39

Chapter 4 Artists

69

Chapter 5 Monarchs

99

Part III

Careless and Carefree Types

Chapter 6 Sleepers

131

Chapter 7 Women

149

Chapter 8 Children

167

10.1057/9781137368638 - Divided between Carelessness and Care, Richard Hillyer

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Contents

vi

Chapter 9 Libertines

185

Notes

203

Works Cited

215

Index

227

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. Euny Hong’s novel Kept depicts its female lead being told this by her male counterpart: “When I first met you, I thought that your obsession with correct form was a bit odious. But I decided that this trait was an indication that you were the sort of per