Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Christopher J. Greig, Ontario Boys: Masculinity and the Idea of Boyhood in Postwar Ontario, 1945-1960
View through CrossRef
Christopher J. Greig’s new book examines public discourses on boyhood in Ontario during the years following the Second World War. Greig argues that a host of journalists, child-rearing experts, and novelists (among others) used boyhood as a means of rejuvenating patriarchal structures that had been challenged by the decline of the male breadwinner ideal during the Great Depression and the increased participation of women in the workforce during the war. Indeed, if the commentators in Greig’s study are to be believed, the creation of a rugged “boy citizen” who could “promote and protect democracy” was necessary in order to stave off a serious crisis of masculinity (xix).
Title: Christopher J. Greig, Ontario Boys: Masculinity and the Idea of Boyhood in Postwar Ontario, 1945-1960
Description:
Christopher J.
Greig’s new book examines public discourses on boyhood in Ontario during the years following the Second World War.
Greig argues that a host of journalists, child-rearing experts, and novelists (among others) used boyhood as a means of rejuvenating patriarchal structures that had been challenged by the decline of the male breadwinner ideal during the Great Depression and the increased participation of women in the workforce during the war.
Indeed, if the commentators in Greig’s study are to be believed, the creation of a rugged “boy citizen” who could “promote and protect democracy” was necessary in order to stave off a serious crisis of masculinity (xix).
Related Results
Welcome to the Robbiedome
Welcome to the Robbiedome
One of the greatest joys in watching Foxtel is to see all the crazy people who run talk shows. Judgement, ridicule and generalisations slip from their tongues like overcooked lamb ...
African American Masculinity
African American Masculinity
Masculinity, also referenced as manhood, is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with boys and men, though it is distinct from the definition of the male biological...
Performing Masculinity in Johann Strauss's 'Die Fledermaus'
Performing Masculinity in Johann Strauss's 'Die Fledermaus'
<p>This thesis explores the performance and articulation of masculinity in Johann Strauss’s third operetta, Die Fledermaus. Since the operetta’s premiere at the Theater an de...
Introduction
Introduction
These are ripe times to study boyhood in cinema. Even though male characters have undoubtedly dominated cinema roles from the start, boys’ stories have not been consistently produc...
Introduction
Introduction
The conversation on the school-to-prison pipeline among boys of color is complex and involves understanding how the 4 C’s— classroom, cops, courts, and community— interface to crea...
Masculinity & Objectification: A phenomenological study of contemporary shifts within masculinity
Masculinity & Objectification: A phenomenological study of contemporary shifts within masculinity
<p>Notions of masculinity are changing. Many men conduct themselves in ways that blunt traditional hegemonic masculine norms of sexism and homophobia. Do these changes repres...
Raising Boys in an Anxious Age
Raising Boys in an Anxious Age
Christopher J. Greig. 2014. Ontario Boys: Masculinity and the Idea of Boyhood in Postwar Ontario, 1945-1960. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Xxviii+182 pp. ISBN: 97...
Zachowania dewiacyjne młodzieży w Warszawie w 1993 r. (badania typu self-report)
Zachowania dewiacyjne młodzieży w Warszawie w 1993 r. (badania typu self-report)
1. The findings discussed in the paper have been obtained within an international research project aimed at comparing the extent of self-reported deviant behavior of youth 11 West-...