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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965977203321

Autore

Hoegaerts J

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9781349483174

1349483176

9781137392015

1137392010

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9487

Disciplina

305.310949309/034

Soggetti

World politics

Military history

Social policy

Sex

Europe - History

Political History

Military History

Social Policy

Gender Studies

European History

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.