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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787913403321

Autore

Hoegaerts J

Titolo

Masculinity and Nationhood, 1830-1910 [[electronic resource] ] : Constructions of Identity and Citizenship in Belgium / / by J. Hoegaerts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-48317-6

1-137-39201-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9479

Disciplina

305.310949309/034

Soggetti

World politics

Military history

Social policy

Sociology

Gender identity in education

Europe—History

Political History

History of Military

Social Policy

Gender Studies

Gender and Education

European History

Belgium Politics and government 1830-1914

Belgium Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Three Anthems, a Flag and a Tenor: Introduction; Part I: Spaces; 1 Men in Space: The Construction of All-Male Spaces; 2 Movements in Space: Choreographies of Masculinity; Part II: Sounds; 3 Singing the Nation, Singing the Self; 4 Men's Sounds and Silences; Soundscapes of Gender and Nation; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A history of what it meant to be a man, and a citizen of an emerging



nation throughout the nineteenth century. This book not only relates how Belgians were taught how to move and fight, but also how they spoke and sang to express masculinity and patriotism.