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Oxbridge men : British masculinity and the undergraduate experience, 1850-1920 / Paul R. Deslandes.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Deslandes, Paul R., 1965-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Male college students--England--History.
Male college students.
Masculinity--England--History.
Masculinity.
University of Oxford--Students--History.
University of Oxford.
University of Cambridge--Students--History.
University of Cambridge.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Student life and masculine identity in England at the height of the Empire.
Contents:
Constructing superiority : the university and the undergraduate
The transition from boyhood to manhood
"Your name and college, sir?" : discipline and authority
Those "horrid," "holy" schools : examinations, competition, and masculine struggle
"Impervious to the gentler sex?" : boat races, heterosocial relations, and masculinity
Girl graduates and colonial students.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-308) and index.
ISBN:
0-253-11125-0
OCLC:
70705665

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