Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties.
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Restless Men: Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840
Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties.
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ISBN-13: | 9781349467815 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 01/01/2014 |
Edition description: | 1st ed. 2014 |
Pages: | 237 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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