Manliness in Britain, 1760-1900 : bodies, emotion, and material culture /

Begiato, Joanne,

Manliness in Britain, 1760-1900 : bodies, emotion, and material culture / Joanne Begiato. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations - Studies in design & material culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

This book focuses on men's bodies, emotions and material culture to offer a new understanding of masculinities in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Using objects as well as texts and images, it shows how idealised and ugly bodies, and the feelings they stimulated, helped convey ideas about manliness and unmanliness across society.



9781526128584

GBC031793 bnb

019726905 Uk


Masculinity--History.--Great Britain
Material culture--History.--Great Britain
Masculinity in art--History.
Working class in art--History.


Electronic Books.

HQ1090 / .M365 2020