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Making Men, Making History
Canadian Masculinities Across Time and Place
Peter Gossage (Edited by), Robert Rutherdale (Edited by)
9780774835640
Paperback / softback, published 1 February 2019
472 pages, 52 illus., 1 chart
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.68 kg
What has it meant to be a man in Canada? Alexander Ross, fur trader; Percy Nobbs, architect, fisherman, fencer; Andy Paull, residential school survivor and athlete; Yves Charbonneau, jazz musician and commune member; "James," black and gay in postwar Windsor. Who were these men, and how did they identify as masculine? Populated with figures both well known and unknown, Making Men, Making History frames masculinity as a socially and historically constructed category of identity, susceptible to variation across time, place, and social context. This examination of historical Canadian masculinities reveals the dissonance between hegemonic ideals of manhood and masculinity and the everyday lives of men and boys. The volume showcases some of the best new work in masculinity studies. With an introduction that contextualizes the international origins of the field, Making Men, Making History is the first book to explore these themes entirely in Canadian historica settings.
Introduction Part 1: Expertise and Authority 1 Medical Men, Masculine Respectability, and the Contest for Power in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Quebec / Lisa Chilton 2 Accident Prevention in Early-Twentieth-Century Quebec and the Construction of Masculine Technical Expertise / Magda Fahrni 3 "The Spiritual Aspect": Gordon A. Friesen and the Mechanization of the Modern Hospital / David Theodore 4 "I am still the Supt. in this plant": Negotiating Middle-Class Masculinity in Edmonton Packinghouses in an Era of Union Strength, 1947–66 / Cynthia Loch-Drake Part 2: Masculine Spaces 5 The Place of Manliness: Architecture, Domesticity, and Men's Clubs / Annmarie Adams 6 "As Christ the Carpenter": Work-Camp Missions and the Construction of Christian Manhood in Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Canada / Norman Knowles 7 An Open Window on Other Masculinities: Gay Bars and Visibility in Montreal / Olivier Vallerand Part 3: Performing Masculinities 8 Scales of Manliness: Masculinity and Disability in the Displays of Little People as Freaks in Ontario, 1900s–50s / Jane Nicholas 9 Claiming "Our Game": Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Lacrosse and the Performance of Indigenous Nationhood in the Early Twentieth Century / Allan Downey 10 Sea Shepherds, Eco-warriors, and Impresarios: Performing Eco-masculinity in the Canadian Seal Hunt of the Late Twentieth Century / Willeen G. Keough 11 The New Quebec Man: Activism and Collective Improvisation at Petit Québec Libre, 1970–73 / Eric Fillion Part 4: Boys to Men 12 Men's Business: Masculine Adolescence and Social Projection in Selected Coming-of-Age Novels from Interwar Quebec / Louise Bienvenue and Christine Hudon 13 Boys and Boyhood: Exploring the Lives of Boys in Windsor, Ontario, during the Postwar Era, 1945–65 / Christopher J. Greig 14 Heroes on Campus: Student Veterans and Discourses of Masculinity in Post–Second World War Canada / Patricia Jasen 15 Constructing Canadianness: Terry Fox and the Masculine Ideal in Canada / Julie Perrone Part 5: Men in Motion 16 Tough Bodies, Fast Paddles, Well-Dressed Wives: Measuring Manhood Among French Canadian and Métis Voyageurs in the North American Fur Trade / Carolyn Podruchny 17 "The Moral Grandeur of Fleeing to Canada": Masculinity and the Gender Politics of American Draft Dodgers during the Vietnam War / Lara Campbell 18 Rebellion on the Road: Masculinity and Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs in Postwar Ontario / Graeme Melcher Part 6: Faces of Fatherhood 19 Celebrating the Family Man: From Father's Day to La Fête des Pères, 1910–60 / Peter Gossage 20 "I'm a lousy father": Alcoholic Fathers in Postwar Canada and the Myths of Masculine Crises / Robert Rutherdale Afterword Index