National Manhood and the Creation of Modern Quebec by Jeffery Vacante (English)

Description: National Manhood and the Creation of Modern Quebec by Jeffery Vacante This perceptive intellectual history of masculinity in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Quebec explores how the concept of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and an emerging Quebec nationalism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This intellectual history explores how the idea of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and Quebecs nationalist movement. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, Quebec was an agrarian society, and masculinity was rooted in the land and the family and informed by Catholic principles of piety and self-restraint. As the industrial era took hold, a new model was forged, built on the values of secularism and individualism. Jeffery Vacantes perceptive analysis reveals how French Canadian intellectuals defined masculinity in response to imperialist English Canadian ideals. This "national manhood" would be disentangled from the workplace, the family, and the land and tied instead to ones cultural identity. The new formulation was crucial in the larger struggle to modernize Quebecs institutions while preserving French Canadian community, faith, and culture. It offered French Canadian men a way to remodel themselves, participate in industrial modernity, and still assert cultural authority. Author Biography Jeffery Vacante is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario. He is an intellectual and gender historian whose research focuses on modern Quebec. His work has appeared in some of Canadas leading journals, including Canadian Historical Review, Journal of Canadian Studies, Left History, and University of Toronto Quarterly. Table of Contents Introduction1 The Roots of National Manhood2 Reinforcing Heterosexual Manhood3 The Decline of the French Canadian Race4 War and Manhood5 The Revitalization of National History 6 The Critique of National ManhoodConclusionNotes; Index Review Jeffery Vacante livre dans sa monographie une étude brillante sur larticulation entre masculinité, nationalisme et modernité au Québec. -- Camille Robert, Université du Québec à Montréal * Histoire Sociale * Promotional This perceptive intellectual history of masculinity in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Quebec explores how the concept of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and an emerging Quebec nationalism. Long Description This intellectual history explores how the idea of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and Quebecs nationalist movement. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, Quebec was an agrarian society, and masculinity was rooted in the land and the family and informed by Catholic principles of piety and self-restraint. As the industrial era took hold, a new model was forged, built on the values of secularism and individualism. Jeffery Vacantes perceptive analysis reveals how French Canadian intellectuals defined masculinity in response to imperialist English Canadian ideals. This "national manhood" would be disentangled from the workplace, the family, and the land and tied instead to ones cultural identity. The new formulation was crucial in the larger struggle to modernize Quebecs institutions while preserving French Canadian community, faith, and culture. It offered French Canadian men a way to remodel themselves, participate in industrial modernity, and still assert cultural authority. Review Quote Jeffery Vacante livre dans sa monographie une Promotional "Headline" This perceptive intellectual history of masculinity in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Quebec explores how the concept of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and an emerging Quebec nationalism. Description for Reader This intellectual history explores how the idea of manhood shaped French Canadian culture and Quebecs nationalist movement. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, Quebec was an agrarian society, and masculinity was rooted in the land and the family and informed by Catholic principles of piety and self-restraint. As the industrial era took hold, French Canadians grew increasingly preoccupied with what it meant to be a man. A new model of manhood was forged, built on the values of secularism and individualism. Jeffery Vacantes perceptive analysis of fiction and non-fiction sources reveals how French Canadian intellectuals defined masculinity and themselves in response to imperialist English Canadian ideals. By the mid-twentieth century, this new "national manhood" would be disentangled from the workplace, the family, and the land and tied instead to ones cultural identity. The new formulation was crucial in the larger struggle to modernize Quebecs institutions and economic relationships while preserving French Canadian community, faith, and culture. It offered French Canadian men a way to remodel themselves, fortifying their role in society and enabling them to participate in industrial modernity without relinquishing their cultural authority. Description for Teachers/Educators The book will appeal to scholars and students of cultural and intellectual history, gender and womens history, the history of sexuality and the body, Canadian political history, and the history of Quebec. Details ISBN0774834641 Author Jeffery Vacante Pages 252 Year 2018 ISBN-10 0774834641 ISBN-13 9780774834643 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-01-15 Language English DEWEY 305.3109714 UK Release Date 2018-01-15 Imprint University of British Columbia Press Place of Publication Vancouver Country of Publication Canada Publisher University of British Columbia Press Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161752971;

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