Australian masculinities

9780702230646

eng [Engels]

2 [Boek]

Brisbane

1998

ill

56 (1998)

Richard, Clive, Kay

Subtitle on cover: Men and their histories.- Special issue (no. 56, 1998) of the Journal of Australian studies.- Contents: Guest editorial: Australian masculinities / Clive Moore -- Commanding men: masculinities and the convict system / Raymond Evans and Bill Thrope -- Colonial manhood and masculinities / Clive Moore -- Playing fields through to battle fields: the development of Australian sporting manhood in its imperial context, circa 1850-1918 / Daryl Adair, John Nauright and Murray Phillips -- The Australian legend: writing Australian masculinity / Linzi Murrie -- Lovable larrikins and awful ockers / John Rickard -- War and masculinity in twentieth century Australia / Stephen Garton -- 'Specimens of superb manhood': the lifesaver as a national icon / Kay Saunders -- Percy Grainger and manliness / David Pear -- Fantasy worlds: the depiction of women and the mating game in men's magazines in the 1950s / Ross Laurie --'So tough'? masculinity and rock'n'roll cullture in post-war Australia / Raymond Evans -- Dragging it out: tales of masculinity in Australian cinema, from Crocodile Dundee to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / Rose Lucas -- Blokus domesticus: the sensitive new age guy in Australia / Anthony McMahon -- Behaving outrageously: contemporary gay masculinity / Clive Moore -- Changing masculinities: disruption and anxiety in contemporary Australian writing / Linzi Murrie -- Reviews