Oxbridge Men

British Masculinity and the Undergraduate Experience, 1850-1920

Paul R. Deslandes

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Indiana University Press
20 July 2015

English Civil War

The mythic status of the Oxbridge man at the height of the British Empire continues to persist in depictions of this small, elite world as an ideal of athleticism, intellectualism, tradition, and ritual. In his investigation of the origins of this myth, Paul R. Deslandes explores the everyday life of undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge to examine how they experienced manhood. He considers phenomena such as the dynamics of the junior common room, the competition of exams, and the social and athletic obligations of intercollegiate boat races to show how rituals, activities, relationships, and discourses all contributed to gender formation. Casting light on the lived experience of undergraduates, Oxbridge Men shows how an influential brand of British manliness was embraced, altered, and occasionally rejected as these students grew from boys into men.

By: Paul R. Deslandes
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9780253017833
ISBN 10: 0253017831
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 20 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul R. Deslandes is Associate Professor of History at the University of Vermont.

Reviews for Oxbridge Men: British Masculinity and the Undergraduate Experience, 1850-1920

A very welcome book that certainly reaffirms--with new material and approaches--that the entrance of women into the world of the historical university was arguably the most revolutionary event in the long social history of a special kind of institution. Victorian Studies