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The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880-1920 - "Well Sexed Womanhood," "Finer Natives," and "Very White Men" (Hardcover)
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The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880-1920 - "Well Sexed Womanhood," "Finer Natives," and "Very White Men" (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
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Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the
changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form
among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an
imaginary-but, in many ways, quite real-community that ruled much
of the world. Among them, racism became more virulent. To probe the
importance of the body, this book brings together for the first
time the many areas in which the physical form was newly or more
extensively featured, from photography through literature, frontier
wars, violent sports, and the global circus. Sex, sexuality,
concepts of gender including women's possibilities in all areas of
life, and the meanings of race and of civilization figured
regularly in Anglo discussions. Black people challenged racism by
presenting their own photos of respectable folk. As all this
unfolded, Anglo men and women faced the problem of maintaining
civilized control vs. the need to express uninhibited feeling. With
these issues in mind, it is evident that the origins of today's
debates about race and gender lie in the late nineteenth century.
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