Contested masculinities : crises in colonial male identity from Joseph Conrad to Satyajit Ray
Nalin Jayasena
- London ; New York Routledge 2007
- x, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Crises in colonial male identity -- Making English-men and unmaking empire in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim -- Performing masculinity, playing cricket: Bodyline and late-imperial British identity -- Of clubs and concubines: reading imperial authority in George Orwell's Burmese Days -- Desire is for men who are men: the politics of masculinity in Satyajit Ray's The Home and the World. This work examines how English masculinity was contested by feminism, nationalism in colonies, and homosexuality. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-243) and index
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Colonies in literature Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism English literature - 19th century - History and criticism English literature - 20th century - History and criticism Gender identity in literature Masculinity in literature