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Manliness and Civilization
Gail Bederman
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Paperback. Gail Bederman investigates the connection between powerful manhood and racial dominance as it was debated, promoted and resisted during the decades around the turn of this century. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted that he was doing it "for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is better than a negro". Jeffries, though, was trounced and Whites everywhere rioted. The furor, the author of this work seeks to demonstrate, was part of two fundamental and volatile national obsessions: manhood and racial dominance. In turn-of-the-century America, cultural ideals of manhood changed profoundly, as Victorian notions of self-restrained, moral manliness were challenged by ideals ... Read more
When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted that he was doing it "for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is better than a negro". Jeffries, though, was trounced and Whites everywhere rioted. The furor, the author of this work seeks to demonstrate, was part of two fundamental and volatile national obsessions: manhood and racial dominance. In turn-of-the-century America, cultural ideals of manhood changed profoundly, as Victorian notions of self-restrained, moral manliness were challenged by ideals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Women in Culture and Society Series
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226041391
SKU
V9780226041391
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