| The Manly Modern: Masculinity in Postwar Canada Contributor(s): Dummitt, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774812745 ISBN-13: 9780774812740 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305 |
| LCCN: 2007390823 |
| Series: Sexuality Studies |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Manly Modern, the first major book on the history of masculinity in Canada, traces the history of what happened when men's supposed modernity became one of their defining features. Through a series of case studies covering such diverse subjects as car culture, mountaineering, war veterans, murder trials, and a bridge collapse, Christopher Dummitt argues that the very idea of what it meant to be modern was gendered. A strong current of anti-modernist sentiment bubbled just beneath the surface of postwar masculinity, creating rumblings about the state of modern manhood that, ironically, mirrored the tensions that burst forth in 1960s gender radicalism. |