K. Downing

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Restless Men (eBook, PDF)

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.

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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 UK
• Seitenzahl: 237
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137348951
• Artikelnr.: 41499730

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