Restless Men: Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840

Downing, K.

Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-06-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137348944

DOI: 10.1057/9781137348951

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 237