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Soldier Heroes: British Adventure, Empire and the Imagining of Masculinities

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Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis, it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in the era of nineteenth-century popular imperialism, traces their subsequent transformations and examines the way these identities are internalized and lived by men and boys.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: November 10, 1994

ISBN: 0415088828

ISBN 13: 9780415088824

Soldier Heroes: British Adventure, Empire and the Imagining of Masculinities

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis, it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in the era of nineteenth-century popular imperialism, traces their subsequent transformations and examines the way these identities are internalized and lived by men and boys.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: November 10, 1994

ISBN: 0415088828

ISBN 13: 9780415088824

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