Masculinity, Crime And Self-Defence
This book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of ‘body armour’ to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text and Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I: THE GAROTTING FARCE: ARMOURED MASCULINITY AND ITS LIMITS: 1851-1867
Foreign Crimes Hit British Shores
The Ticket-Of-Leave Man
Tooled Up: The Pedestrian’s Armoury
PART II: ANTHONY TROLLOPE: AGGRESSION PUNISHED AND REWARDED: 1867-1887
Threats From Below And Above
Lord Chiltern And Mr Kennedy
Phineas Redux
PART III: PHYSICAL FLAMBOYANCE IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON: 1887- 1914
Exotic Enemies
Urban Knights In The London Streets
Foreign Friends
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text and Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I: THE GAROTTING FARCE: ARMOURED MASCULINITY AND ITS LIMITS: 1851-1867
Foreign Crimes Hit British Shores
The Ticket-Of-Leave Man
Tooled Up: The Pedestrian’s Armoury
PART II: ANTHONY TROLLOPE: AGGRESSION PUNISHED AND REWARDED: 1867-1887
Threats From Below And Above
Lord Chiltern And Mr Kennedy
Phineas Redux
PART III: PHYSICAL FLAMBOYANCE IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON: 1887- 1914
Exotic Enemies
Urban Knights In The London Streets
Foreign Friends
Bibliography
Index
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8/03/2011