Kestner (English and film studies at the U. of Tulsa, USA) presents this study focusing on British masculinities in adventure fiction from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing from
authors from the period such as Rudyard Kipling and H. Rider Haggard as well as modern scholars, Kestner describes the concept of British masculinity in the Edwardian and Victorian eras and how
it was manifested in the British colonial paradigm. The author focuses on four distinct dimensions of British masculinities: initiation, encountering the other, imperialism, and sexual
relations. This book presents an interesting perspective on the final days of the British empire and will be of interest to those studying English literature and history. Annotation 穢2010 Book
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