The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880-1920: Well Sexed Womanhood, Finer Natives, and Very White Men

ISBN-13: 9781032067643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 308 str.

Robert W. Thurston

Opis

This book examines the changing meanings and significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. It brings together the many areas in which the physical form was featured, from photography through literature, frontier wars, violent sports, and the global circus.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Challenges to Victorian Ideology: The Body, the Doctors, and the New Females  2. Image and Aspiration: The Body Represented in Sex, Fitness, Race, and Scandal  3. Literature: The Struggle with Passion versus Self-Control  4. A New Lust for Violence: Frontiers, Western Novels, and Contact Sports  5. Revealing and Dangerous Acts: The Many Bodies of the Circus.  Conclusion

O autorze

Robert W. Thurston is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.