Men and masculinities in modern Britain : A history for the present

Men and masculinities in modern Britain A history for the present

Men and masculinities provides an engaging, accessible and provocative introduction to histories of masculinity for all readers interested in contemporary gender politics. The book offers a critical overview of ongoing historiographical debates and the historical making of men’s lives and identities...

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Otros Autores: Ayers, Pat, contributor (contributor), Buxton, Hilary, contributor (editor), Charnock, Hannah, contributor, Delap, Lucy, contributor, Griffin, Ben, contributor, Hall, Richard, contributor, Houlbrook, Matt, contributor, Houlbrook, Matt, editor, Johansen, Michelle, contributor, Jones, Katie, contributor, Jones, Katie, editor, Kane-Galbraith, Adrian, contributor, Mechen, Ben, contributor, Mechen, Ben, editor, Meyer, Jessica, contributor, Riley, Charlotte Lydia, contributor, Roper, Michael, contributor, Saha, Jonathan, contributor, Smith, Helen, contributor, Tosh, John, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press [2024]
Materias:
HISTORY / Social History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Introduction
  • I Institutions
  • 1 Male breadwinners of ‘doubtful sex’
  • 2 Reading colonial masculinity through a marriage in Burma
  • 3 ‘Crutches as weapons’
  • Reflection – Male historians explain things to me
  • II Histories
  • 4 ‘Formal qualifications for full masculine status’? Challenging the fragmentation of the male life cycle through the First World War pension archives
  • 5 Reimagining working-class masculinities in the twentieth century
  • 6 Perceptions of crisis in the history of masculinity
  • Reflection
  • III Everyday lives
  • 7 Gender, locality, and culture
  • 8 Struggling ‘heroes’
  • 9 Fathers, sons, and ‘normal’, ‘ordinary’ family life, 1945–1974
  • Reflection
  • IV Bodies
  • 10 Dirty magazines, clean consciences
  • 11 ‘It’s more what me and my partner feel comfortable with’
  • Reflection
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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