The Victorian Male Body

Book Overview

A bold study on the very epicentre of Victorian ideology: the white, male body
The Victorian Male Body examines some of the main expressions and practices of Victorian masculinity and its embodied physicality. The white, and frequently middle class, male body was often normalised as the epitome of Victorian values. Whilst there has been a long and fruitful discussion around the concept of the 'too-visible' body of the colonised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474428614
• ISBN13: 9781474428613
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"