TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jayasena, Nalin
TI  - Contested masculinities : crises in colonial male identity from Joseph Conrad to Satyajit Ray
SN  - 9780415975483
SN  - 200602327
U1  - 820.9353 JAY 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London ; New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Colonies in literature
KW  - Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism
KW  - English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
KW  - English literature - 20th century - History and criticism
KW  - Gender identity in literature
KW  - Masculinity in literature
N1  - 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
ER  -