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
Between Hegemony and Marginalization
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Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World
Between Hegemony and Marginalization
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Masculinities and the Nation
- 1 "The Crushing of Southern Manhood": War, Masculinity, and the Confederate Nation-State, 1861–1865
- 2 Mormon Manhood and Its Critics: Polygamy and the Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity in the United States
- 3 Eugenic Nationalism, Biopolitics, and the Masculinization of Hysteria: Historical and Theoretical Reflections
- 4 Preserving the Family and the Nation: Eugenic Masculinity Concepts, Expert Intervention, and the American Family in the United States, 1900–1960
- 5 "Less than a Boot-Rag": Procreation, Paternity, and the Masculine Ideal in Fascist Italy
- 6 Martial Men in Virgin Lands? Nineteenth-Century Filibustering, Nation-Building, and Competing Notions of Masculinity in the United States and Nicaragua
- 7 Controlling Los Hombres : American State Power and the Emasculation of the Mexican Community, 1845–1900
- 8 "Failure to Provide": Mexican Immigration, Americanization, and Marginalized Masculinities in the Interwar United States
- 9 Marginal Centers: Martial Masculinities in Late Meiji Japan
- 10 The Transnational Origins of Hegemonic Dominican Masculinity
- 11 Changing Heads and Hats: Nationalism and Modern Masculinities in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey
- 12 "Youth of Awo-Omama Will Boycott Their Girls": Men, Marriage, and Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Southern Nigeria, 1920–1956
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
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