Nine Centuries of Man (eBook, ePUB)

Manhood and Masculinities in Scottish History
Redaktion: Abrams, Lynn; Ewan, Elizabeth L.

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Produktbeschreibung

Scotland, with its stereotypes of the kilted warrior and the industrial 'hard man' has long been characterised in masculine terms, but there has been little historical exploration of what masculinity actually means for men (and women) in a Scottish context. This interdisciplinary collection explores a diverse range of the multiple and changing forms of masculinities from the late eleventh to the late twentieth century, examining the ways in which Scottish society through the ages defined expectations for men and their behaviour.

How men reacted to those expectations is examined through sources such as documentary materials, medieval seals, romance, poetry, begging letters, police reports and court records, charity records, oral histories and personal correspondence. Focusing upon the wide range of activities and roles undertaken by men ¿ work, fatherhood and play, violence and war, sex and commerce ¿ the book also illustrates the range of masculinities which affected or were internalised by men. Together, they illustrate some of the ways Scotland's gender expectations have changed over the centuries and how more generally masculinities have informed the path of Scottish history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474403917
• Artikelnr.: 50402445

Autorenporträt

Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. She has published widely on Scottish gender history and was convenor of Women's History Scotland from 2008-2013. Her many publications include Oral History Theory (2016), Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World: Shetland 1800-2000 (2005) and Gender in Scottish History since 1700 (Edinburgh University Press, 2006). Elizabeth Ewan is University Research Chair and Professor of Scottish Studies and History at the University of Guelph, Canada. She publishes on medieval and early modern Scotland in gender, crime and urban history. Her edited books include The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (Edinburgh University Press, 2006), Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (2008) and Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Interrogating Men in Scottish History, Lynn Abrams and
Elizabeth Ewan
Part 1 Models 1. 'Be wise in thy governing': Managing Emotion and
Controlling Masculinity in Early Modern Scottish Poetry, Sarah Dunnigan 2.
Reformed Masculinity: Ministers, Fathers, and Male Heads of Households,
1560-1660, Janay Nugent 3. The Importance and Impossibility of Manhood:
Polite and Libertine Masculinities in the Urban Eighteenth Century,
Rosalind Carr 4. The Taming of Highland Masculinity: Inter-personal
Violence and Shifting Codes of Manhood c.1760-1840, Lynn Abrams
Part 2 Representations 5. Making a Manly Impression: The Image of Kingship
on Scottish Royal Seals of the High Middle Ages, Cynthia Neville 6.
Contrasting Kingly and Knightly Masculinities in Barbour's Bruce, Sergi
Mainer 7. Negotiating Independence: Manliness and Begging Letters in Late
Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-century Scotland, Katie Barclay 8. A
Wartime Family Romance: Narratives of Masculinity and Intimacy during World
War Two, Lynn Abrams
Part 3 Lived Experiences 9. Social Control and Masculinity in Early Modern
Scotland: Expectations and Behaviour in a Lowland Parish, Harriet Cornell
10. A 'polite and commercial people'? Masculinity and Economic Violence in
Scotland, 1700-1760, Tawny Paul 11. Music Hall, 'Mashers' and the 'Unco
Guid': Competing Masculinities in Victorian Glasgow, Tanya Cheadle 12.
'That Class of Men': Effeminacy, Sodomy and Failed Masculinities in Inter-
and Post-War Scotland, Jeff Meek 13. Speaking to the 'Hard Men':
Masculinities, Violence and Youth Gangs in Glasgow, c. 1965-75, Angela
Bartie and Alistair Fraser
Index