The Manly Modern

The Manly Modern
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9780774841238
ISBN-13 : 0774841230
Rating : 4/5 (230 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Manly Modern by : Christopher Dummitt

Download or read book The Manly Modern written by Christopher Dummitt and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manly Modern, the first major book on the history of masculinity in Canada, traces the history of what happened when men's supposed modernity became one of their defining features. 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. A strong current of anti-modernist sentiment bubbled just beneath the surface of postwar masculinity, creating rumblings about the state of modern manhood that, ironically, mirrored the tensions that burst forth in 1960s gender radicalism.


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