What is it about?
My article explores how ideas about masculinity shaped depictions of ordinary sailors in the century between 1760 and 1860.
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Why is it important?
This article explains that the image of the sailor was very popular because it combined all the aspects of masculinity considered most attractive to society at the time.
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This page is a summary of: Tears and the manly sailor in England,c. 1760–1860, Journal for Maritime Research, July 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/21533369.2015.1094981.
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Resources
All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor
Check out my blog post on why the image of the sailor was so appealing.
Manliness in the Form of the Sailor
I wrote about the evocative sailor's farewell and return in this blog post.
The Sailor's Farewell
Some thoughts on the meaning of the representation of the sailor to men.
How Stuff Makes a Man
A blog post on the role of material culture with images of sailors and soldiers in disseminating ideas about manliness.
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