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Divided between carelessness and care : a cultural history / Richard Hillyer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 246 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1137368624
  • 9781137368621
Other title:
  • Divided between carelessness & care [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 177.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1475 .H55 2013
Contents:
Part I. Careful and careless words -- Part II. Careful and care-fraught types -- Part III. Careless and carefree types -- --
Part I. Careful and careless words -- 1. Native -- 2. Foreign -- -- Part II. Careful and care-fraught types -- 3. Scientists -- 4. Artists -- 5. Monarchs -- -- Part III. Careless and carefree types -- 6. Sleepers -- 7. Women -- 8. Children -- 9. Libertines.
Subject: "The concept of "care" defines our humanity, encompassing not only anxieties and woes but also acts of nurture, prudence, and diligence. Care is core to how we interact with one another and our surroundings, whether for good or bad. Insofar as everyone cares about someone or something, everyone cares about care. 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 perspective, tracing its use throughout literature and history"--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Careful and careless words -- Part II. Careful and care-fraught types -- Part III. Careless and carefree types -- --

Part I. Careful and careless words -- 1. Native -- 2. Foreign -- -- Part II. Careful and care-fraught types -- 3. Scientists -- 4. Artists -- 5. Monarchs -- -- Part III. Careless and carefree types -- 6. Sleepers -- 7. Women -- 8. Children -- 9. Libertines.

"The concept of "care" defines our humanity, encompassing not only anxieties and woes but also acts of nurture, prudence, and diligence. Care is core to how we interact with one another and our surroundings, whether for good or bad. Insofar as everyone cares about someone or something, everyone cares about care. 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 perspective, tracing its use throughout literature and history"--Back cover.

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