The Manly Modern - Masculinity in Postwar Canada

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Dummitt is a lecturer in Canadian studies at the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of London. Klappentext Through a series of case studies covering such diverse subjects as car culture! mountaineering! war veterans! murder trials! and a bridge collapse! Christopher Dummitt argues that the very idea of what it meant to be modern was gendered. Zusammenfassung Through a series of case studies covering such diverse subjects as car culture! mountaineering! war veterans! murder trials! and a bridge collapse! Christopher Dummitt argues that the very idea of what it meant to be modern was gendered. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction; 2 The Manly Modern Comes Home; 3 The Manly Modern at Work; 4 Medicalizing the Manly Modern; 5 The Manly Modern at Leisure; 6 The Manly Modern on the Road; 7 Modernism in Hindsight; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dummitt
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9780774812757
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1275-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Sexuality Studies; Sexuality Studies; Sexuality Stud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology