Modern men : mapping masculinity in English and German literature, 1880-1930

An examination of some of the canonical works of modern literature in English and German with regard to masculinity, relations between men, national identity and patriarchy. These were major preoccupations of male writers as they came to terms with or reacted against the decline of patriarchal authority. The book identifies five leitmotifs which serve to characterize the period between 1880 and 1930: the "double", the "other" (narcissus and Salome), the nationalization of Narcissus, Kampf or male bondage, and after patriarchy. Again and again one sees how men attempted to define themselves against what they imagined as "femininity", not merely outside but also within their selves, and further how men sought to overcome or find a socially acceptable expression for their narcissistic, homosexual and even sadomasochist libido.

in Building Up A Scenario For The Arrival On The Shores Of Alaska Of Speakers Of Languages Related To Eskimo-aleut With Genetic Roots Deep Within Sineria, This Book Touches Upon A Number Of Issues In Contemporary Historical Linguistics And Archaeology. The Arctic Gateway To The New World, By Acting As A Bottleneck, Has Allowed Only Small Groups Of Mobile Hunter-gatherers Through During Specific Propitious Periods, And Thus Provides A Unique Testing Ground For Theories About Population And Language Movements In Pre-agricultural Times. Owing To The Historically Attested Prevalence Of Language Shifts And Other Contact Phenomena In The Region, It Is Arguable That The Spread Of Genes And The Spread Of Language Have Been Out Of Step Since The Earliest Reconstructable Times, Contrary To Certain Views Of Their Linkage. Proposals That Have Been Put Forward In The Past Concerning The Affiliations Of Eskimo-aleut Languages Are Followed Up In The Light Of Recent Progress In Reconstructing The Proto-languages Concerned. Those Linking Eskimo-aleut With The Uralic Languages And Yukagir Are Particularly Promising, And Reconstructions For Many Common Elements Are Presented. The Entire Region Great Beringia Is Scoured For Typological Evidence In The Form Of Anomalies And Constellations Of Uncommon Traits Diagnostic Of Affiliation Or Contact. The Various Threads Lead Back To Mesolithic Times In South Central Siberia, When Speakers Of A Uralo-siberian Mesh Of Related Languages Appears To Have Moved Along The Major Waterways Of Siberia. Such A Scenario Would Acount For The Present Distribution Of These Languages And The Results Of Their Meeting With Remnants Of Earlier Linguistic Waves From The Old World To The New.

This work examines some canonical works of modern literature in English and German with regard to masculinity, relations between men and national identity. The text identifies five leitmotifs which characterize the period between 1880 and 1930