æManufacturedÆ Masculinity: Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism

by Mangan; J.A.

• ISBN13: 9780415677189
• ISBN10: 0415677181
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

From about 1850 imperial masculinity was methodically manufactured throughout the empire by means of a cultural conveyor belt. The famous schools for the privileged powered the process; the machine tools employed were mostly team games; and the #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;workshops#xE2;#xAC;" were mostly playing fields. By this means minds were moulded, attitudes were constructed and bodies were shaped for manhood. Earlier #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;manliness#xE2;#xAC;" was metamorphosized, morality was re-defined and militarism at the high point of imperial grandeur was an adjunct. Professor Mangan outlines this unique process of cultural conditioning with an unique range of evidence and analysis. Professor Sheldon Rothblatt, the distinguished cultural historian from the University of California (Berkeley) provides a stimulating and informative appreciation. He writes, "It is a privilege for me to attach some thoughts about Tony Mangan to his collection of essays. I would also like to commend the publisher for having the wisdom to bring together a substantial body of stylish writings that merit special attention. If ever there was a prose style so completely fitted to the subject #xE2;#xAC;#x1C; a muscular prose not without sympathy, a strong voice not without unexpected sentiment, a direct message but one that appreciates cultural complexity #xE2;#xAC;#x1C; here it is for us all to note and enjoy." This book was published as a special double issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.