Manful Assertions : Masculinities in Britain Since 1800 - John Tosh

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Manful Assertions

Masculinities in Britain Since 1800

By: John Tosh, Michael Roper

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Paperback | 4 July 1991 | Edition Number 1

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Masculine assertions, whether of verbal command, political power or physical violence, have formed the traditional subject matter of history. This volume combines current discussions in sexual politics with historical analysis to demonstrate that, far from being natural and monolithic, masculinity is an historical and cultural construct, with varied, competing and above all changing forms. The contributors draw on literature, cultural studies and sociology to explore the history and representations of masculinity from 1800 to the 1980s, with examples ranging from Thomas Carlyle and the 19th-century "man of letters" to the post-World War II "company man". Making men visible as gendered subjects within the accepted historical categories of family, business and labour, class and nation, the text describes how - in the past as in the contemporary world - masculinities need to be understood as subjective identity, as social power and as cultural representation.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Men and Boys Cultural Studies History Media Studies Arts & Entertainment History of Art & Design Styles Art from 1900 to Current Art from 1960

Preface
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Introduction	p. 1
Strenuous Idleness	p. 25
Domesticity and Manliness in the Victorian Middle Class	p. 44
Masculinity and the 'Representative Artisan' in Britain, 1850-80	p. 74
'I Live But Not Yet I for Christ Liveth in Me'	p. 92
The Blond Bedouin	p. 113
Knowing Your Place	p. 145
Mummy, Matron and the Maids	p. 168
Yesterday's Model	p. 190
Select bibliography	p. 212
Index	p. 214
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