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Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World

Between Hegemony and Marginalization

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  • © 2015

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  1. Pablo Dominguez Andersen
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  2. Simon Wendt
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Part of the book series: Global Masculinities (GLMAS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Masculinities and the Nation

    • Pablo Dominguez Andersen, Simon Wendt
    Pages 1-18

  3. “The Crushing of Southern Manhood”: War, Masculinity, and the Confederate Nation-State, 1861–1865

    • Craig Thompson Friend
    Pages 19-38

  4. Mormon Manhood and Its Critics: Polygamy and the Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity in the United States

    • Steve Estes
    Pages 39-54

  5. Eugenic Nationalism, Biopolitics, and the Masculinization of Hysteria: Historical and Theoretical Reflections

    • Anna Loutfi
    Pages 55-70

  6. Preserving the Family and the Nation: Eugenic Masculinity Concepts, Expert Intervention, and the American Family in the United States, 1900–1960

    • Isabel Heinemann
    Pages 71-92

  7. “Less than a Boot-Rag”: Procreation, Paternity, and the Masculine Ideal in Fascist Italy

    • Martina Salvante
    Pages 93-112

  8. Martial Men in Virgin Lands? Nineteenth-Century Filibustering, Nation-Building, and Competing Notions of Masculinity in the United States and Nicaragua

    • Andreas Beer
    Pages 113-128

  9. Controlling Los Hombres: American State Power and the Emasculation of the Mexican Community, 1845–1900

    • Brian D. Behnken
    Pages 129-148

  10. “Failure to Provide”: Mexican Immigration, Americanization, and Marginalized Masculinities in the Interwar United States

    • Claudia Roesch
    Pages 149-170

  11. Marginal Centers: Martial Masculinities in Late Meiji Japan

    • Denis Gainty
    Pages 171-191

  12. The Transnational Origins of Hegemonic Dominican Masculinity

    • Maja Horn
    Pages 193-216

  13. Changing Heads and Hats: Nationalism and Modern Masculinities in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey

    • Katja Jana
    Pages 217-242

  14. “Youth of Awo-Omama Will Boycott Their Girls”: Men, Marriage, and Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Southern Nigeria, 1920–1956

    • Saheed Aderinto
    Pages 243-267

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 269-277
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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.

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“‘Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World’ is a highly informative and interesting anthology which significantly contributes to the understanding of the diverse linkages between modern nations and masculinities. … constitutes an important contribution to the history of the nation as well as to the history of masculinities.” (Kristoff Kerl, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, April, 2016)

About the authors

Pablo Dominguez Andersen, Germany Saheed Aderinto, Western Carolina University, USA Andreas Beer, University of Konstanz, Germany Brian Behnken, Iowa State University, USA Steve Estes, Sonoma State University, USA Craig Thompson Friend, North Carolina State University, USA Denis Gainty, Georgia State University, USA Isabel Heinemann, University of Münster, Germany Maja Horn, Barnard College, USA Katja Jana, University of Göttingen, Germany Anna Loutfi, Central European University, Hungary Claudia Roesch, University of Münster, Germany Martina Salvante, University of Florence, Italy Simon Wendt, University of Frankfurt, Germany

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