Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World

Between Hegemony and Marginalization
Herausgegeben:Wendt, Simon; Andersen, Pablo Dominguez

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Produktbeschreibung

Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World sheds new light on the interrelationship between gender and the nation, focusing on the role of masculinities in various processes of nation-building in the modern world between 1800 and the 1960s.

Produktdetails

• Global Masculinities
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-53609-9
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781137536099
• ISBN-10: 1137536098
• Artikelnr.: 42849870

Autorenporträt

Pablo Dominguez Andersen, Germany Saheed Aderinto, Western Carolina University, USA Andreas Beer, University of Konstanz, Germany Brian Behnken, Iowa State University, USA Steve Estes, Sonoma State University, USA Craig Thompson Friend, North Carolina State University, USA Denis Gainty, Georgia State University, USA Isabel Heinemann, University of Münster, Germany Maja Horn, Barnard College, USA Katja Jana, University of Göttingen, Germany Anna Loutfi, Central European University, Hungary Claudia Roesch, University of Münster, Germany Martina Salvante, University of Florence, Italy Simon Wendt, University of Frankfurt, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

1. "The Crushing of Southern Manhood": War, Masculinity, and the
Confederate Nation-State, 1861-1865; Craig Thompson Friend 2. Mormon
Manhood and Its Critics: Polygamy and the Construction of Hegemonic
Masculinity in the United States; Steve Estes 3. Eugenic Nationalism,
Biopolitics, and the Masculinization of Hysteria: Historical and
Theoretical Reflections; Anna Loutfi 4. Preserving the Family and the
Nation: Eugenic Masculinity Concepts, Expert Intervention, and the American
Family in the United States, 1900-1960; Isabel Heinemann 5. "Less Than a
Boot-Rag": Procreation, Paternity, and the Masculine Ideal in Fascist
Italy; Martina Salvante 6. Martial Men in Virgin Lands? Nineteenth-Century
Filibustering, Nation-Building, and Competing Notions of Masculinity in the
United States and Nicaragua; Andreas Beer 7. Controlling Los Hombres:
American State Power and the Emasculation of the Mexican Community,
1845-1900; Brian D. Behnken 8. "Failure to Provide": Mexican Immigration,
Americanization, and Marginalized Masculinities in the Interwar United
States; Claudia Roesch 9. Marginal Centers: Martial Masculinities in Late
Meiji Japan; Denis Gainty 10. The Transnational Origins of Hegemonic
Dominican Masculinity; Maja Horn 11. Changing Heads and Hats: Nationalism
and Modern Masculinities in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey;
Katja Jana 12. "Youth of Awo-Omama Will Boycott Their Girls": Men,
Marriage, and Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Southern Nigeria, 1920-1956;
Saheed Aderinto

Rezensionen

"'Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World' is a highly informative and interesting anthology which significantly contributes to the understanding of the diverse linkages between modern nations and masculinities. ... constitutes an important contribution to the history of the nation as well as to the history of masculinities." (Kristoff Kerl, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, April, 2016)