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OverviewThe mythic status of the Oxbridge man at the height of the British Empire continues to persist in depictions of this small, elite world as an ideal of athleticism, intellectualism, tradition, and ritual. In his investigation of the origins of this myth, Paul R. Deslandes explores the everyday life of undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge to examine how they experienced manhood. He considers phenomena such as the dynamics of the junior common room, the competition of exams, and the social and athletic obligations of intercollegiate boat races to show how rituals, activities, relationships, and discourses all contributed to gender formation. Casting light on the lived experience of undergraduates, Oxbridge Men shows how an influential brand of British manliness was embraced, altered, and occasionally rejected as these students grew from boys into men. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul R. DeslandesPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.485kg ISBN: 9780253017833ISBN 10: 0253017831 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 20 July 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Constructing Superiority: The University and the Undergraduate 2. The Transition from Boyhood to Manhood 3. ""Your Name and College, Sir?"" Discipline and Authority 4. Those ""Horrid,"" ""Holy"" Schools: Examinations, Competition, and Masculine Struggle 5. ""Impervious to the Gentler Sex?"" Boat Races, Heterosocial Relations, and Masculinity 6. Girl Graduates and Colonial Students Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsA very welcome book that certainly reaffirms--with new material and approaches--that the entrance of women into the world of the historical university was arguably the most revolutionary event in the long social history of a special kind of institution. Victorian Studies Author InformationPaul R. Deslandes is Associate Professor of History at the University of Vermont. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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