Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World: Between Hegemony and Marginalization

by Simon Wendt (Editor), Pablo Dominguez Andersen (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137536099
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/29/2015
Series:	Global Masculinities
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

‘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)

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