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Masculinity in the modern west : gender, civilization and the body / Christopher E. Forth.
| Author/creator | Forth, Christopher E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part one : making and unmaking the gentleman -- Four faces of civilization, c.1500-1750 -- Balancing acts : the paradox of the gentleman -- Part two : male bodies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The armor of health and the diseases of civilization -- A diet of pleasures? : the incorporation of manhood -- Building bodies : violence, pain and the nation -- Part three : the twentieth century and beyond -- Modern primitives : manhood and metamorphosis around 1900 -- Men of steel : technologies of the male body -- The last men? : consuming manhood since 1945 -- Conclusion : the return of the repressed. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-277) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008015904 |
| ISBN | 1403912408 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403912404 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1403912416 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403912411 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM636 .F67 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |