In this course, we will explore the struggles and triumph "inbetween peoples" after Reconstruction and before WWII.
Because there is so much material in the first three chapters of Bederman’s “Manliness and Civilization,” I choose to focus on that which was the most compelling to me, Ida B. Wells’ work, in conjunction with Chapter One’s discussion about the Columbian Exposition.
I must say that I was particularly taken aback by the many journalistic [...]
Where to start?! Bederman puts a lot on the table in these first three chapters. Bederman uses Ida B. Wells and G. Stanley Hall to illustrate her assertions about societal discourses of manliness in the first chapter.
I cannot help but feel flattered that this book brings together a few aspects of my American studies career [...]
Just as Roediger and Barrett argued in their article “In-between Peoples: Race, Nationality and “New-Immigrant” Working Class,” concrete definitions of race are not stable in early 20th century America. Similarly, in “Manliness and Civilization,” author Gail Bederman claims that manhood is an equally unstable term in America in the early 20th century. As [...]
In the first three chapters of Manliness and Civilization, Bederman details different uses of power and how they define or attack the evolution of white male civilization.
I was particularly interested in the section about the Chicago World’s Fair because Bederman presents a different opinion than what we discussed after reading The Devil in [...]