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“What it Means to Be a Man”: Contested Masculinity in the Early Republic and Antebellum America”
Author(s) -
Rindfleisch Bryan C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12005
Subject(s) - masculinity , narrative , race (biology) , empire , gender studies , class (philosophy) , spanish civil war , history , psychology , sociology , art , literature , ancient history , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology
An essay interweaving the existing historical literature pertaining to American masculinity in the aftermath of the American Revolution up until the Civil War. Addresses not only issues of Masculinity, but also Race, Gender, Class, and Empire in addition to the general American historical narrative.