Body in the Anglosphere, 1880-1920

Body in the Anglosphere, 1880-1920

"Well Sexed Womanhood," "Finer Natives," and "Very White Men"

Thurston, Robert W.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2021

308

Dura

Inglês

9781032067643

15 a 20 dias

748

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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
Young Man;Burroughs;Dime Novels;Bernarr MacFadden;Buffalo Bill's Wild West;Wild Men;King Solomon's Mines;Gibson Girl;Buffalo Bill;Leo Vincey;Sideshow Performers;Ape Man;American Football;Harry Thaw;Freed Women;Circus Performers;National Geographic;Big Top;Dracula's Castle;National Police Gazette;Colonial South Australia;Muscular Christianity;Heavyweight Champ;Big Cats;Museum Of Natural History