K. Downing
Restless Men
Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840
Gebonden Engels 2014 9781137348944Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137348944
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Restless men 1. Confined by the Gout – Perceptions of Men's Physical Health 2. The Ecstasies and Transports of the Soul – Emotional Journeys of Self-discovery 3. My Head Filled Early With Rambling Thoughts – Raising Boys and Making Men 4. Satisfied with Nothing but Going to Sea – Seafaring Lives and Island Hopes 5. To Think That This Was All My Own – Land, Independence and Emigration 6. The Middle Station of Life – the Anxieties of Social Mobility 7. A Surprising Change of Circumstances – Men's Ambivalent Relationship with Authority 8. The Centre of All My Enterprises – the Paradox of Families Conclusion: 'Robinson Crusoe untravelled…'
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- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan