Full Description
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.
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
