Acts of Manhood
The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865| By: | K. Kippola |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230340459 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781137068774 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.