Masculintity and History

Wanting a recent article that discussed the issue of masculinity and history I put a request on the lists H-Labor and H-Women. The following (List A) includes all the suggestion given. I have also included a separate list of literature suitable in the Australian context (none of which was discussed on either list).

LIST A
Anthony Rotundo, E. American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era, Basic Books, 1993.

Baron, A. 'On Looking at Men: Masculinity and the Making of a Gendered Working-Class History', in Shapiro, A. (ed.) Feminist Revision History, Rutgers University Press, New Jersey, 1994, p.146-171.

Baron, A. (ed.) Work Engendered: Towards a New History of American Labor, Cornell, 1989.

Carnes, M. and Griffen, Clyde (eds.) Meanings of Manhood see essay by Nancy Cott

Chauncey, George. Gay New York; Gender, Culture and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940, especially chapter 4 "the Forging of Queer Identities and the Emergence of Heterosexuality in Middle-Class Culture'.**

Cornwall, Andrea and Lindisfarne, Nancy (eds.) Dislocating Masculinity: Comparative Ethnographies, Routledge, 1994.

Craig, Steve (ed.) Men, Masculinity and the Media, Sage, 1992.**

Epstein, J. 'Either/Or -- Neither/Both: Sexual Ambiguity and the Ideology of Gender', in Genders, No.7, Spring, 1990, p.99-142.

Freeman, Joshua. 'Hardhats:, Construction Workers, Manliness, and the 1970 Pro-War Demonstrations', in Journal of Social History, Summer 1993.

Gender and History journal

Jackson, Peter. 'The Cultural Politics of Masculinity: Towards a Social Geography', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol.16, No.2, 1991, p.199-213.

Kessler Harris, Alice. - recent work.

Labor History (US) (Summer 1993).

Roper, Lyndal. Oedipus and the Devil, Routledge, 1994.**

Roper, M. and Tosh, J., (eds.) Manful Assertions: Masculinities in Britain Since 1800, Routledge, London, 1991.

Stoltenberg, John. Refusing to be a Man: Esays on Sex and Justice, Breitenbush Books, Portland, Oregon, 1989.**

Stoltenberg, John. The End of Manhood: A Book for Men of Conscience, Dutton, New York, 1993.**

Tosh, John. 'What Should Historians do with Masculinity? Reflections on Nineteenth-century Britain', History Workshop Journal, Issue 38, Autumn 1994, p.179-202.

**These articles were cited. However it was noted that they were not necessarily on my topic but nevertheless were informative for theoretical discussion of masculinity.

AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLES
Connell, R.W. Masculinities, Allen and Unwin, 1995

Damousi, J. Women Come Rally, 1994.

Damousi, J. and Lake, M. (eds.) Gender and War, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1995.

Lake, M. 'Socialism and Manhood: The Case of William Lane', Labour History, No.50, May 1986, p.54-62.

Lake, M. 'The Politics of Respectability: Identifying the Masculinist Context', Historical Studies, Vol.22, No.86, April 1986, p.116-131.

Lake, Marilyn. 'Women, Gender and History', Australian Feminist Studies, Vol 7 and 8, Summer 1988, p.1-9.

Metcalfe, Andrew. his 1988 monograph plus article in Irving, T. (eds.) Challenges to Labour History, 1994.

Theoretical studies of masculinities in Australia primarily from Bob Connell, Mike Donaldson, Rosemary Pringle, all sociologists.

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