K. Downing, Pat Kirkham

Gebundenes Buch

Restless Men

Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Karen Downing is a Visitor in the School of History at The Australian National University, Australia. She has a PhD from the Australian National University where she has taught gender and historiography and theory courses. Currently she is the assistant editor of History Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-34894-4
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 237
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781137348944
• ISBN-10: 1137348941
• Artikelnr.: 40492355

Rezensionen

"Downing's text is very neatly situated in the historiography of masculinity ... [it] has made a valuable and engaging contribution to the literature on masculinities. Her scholarship is exceptional and her book deserves to be read by all who are interested in this field." - Australian Historical Studies