Western Masculinities in War and Peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5777380 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A Nye (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 417-438 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/ahr.112.2.417 |
| OpenAlex | W2068685564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
It was a commonplace for America's founding fathers to evoke the ideal of the ancient Greek and Roman citizen-soldier as a model for their own times, nurtured as they were on the principles of republican discourse. Even before the proclamation of independence, George Washington affirmed that "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour when the re-establishment of American Liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our Private Stations in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy Country."1 The reinvigoration of this tradition in North America was made possible by the presence of self-reliant property owners who were willing to take up arms against distant authority in defense of emerging political rights. This is the standard political narrative of the American Revolution, but there is a gender tale to tell as well. The men who made the transition from citizens to soldiers were obliged to leave behind a sense of manly competence as heads of household for a life in which they lived rough, submitted to discipline, and survived on their fighting skills and personal courage.2 Thus began the first modern experiment in the creation of a form of masculinity peculiar to the modern nation-state, in which the citizen must carry within himself the qualities of a warrior, but as a warrior must also remain the citizen he will become again at conflict's end
Aside · Courage · Proclamation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe
Gender and Christianity in Modern Europe
Cultura física, performance atlética e higiene de la nación. El surgimiento de la medicina deportiva en Argentina (1930-1940)
No Such Thing as a Night's Sleep
Cinematic Perspectives on Trauma
Of a bread-loaf missile
The figure of the officer
Masculinity and Commemoration of the Great War
The Male Body, Beauty and Aesthetics in Modern British Culture
Becoming Unmanned
Emaciation or Emasculation
Standing Up to Combat Trauma
Miners, Masculinity and the ‘Bataille du Charbon’ in France 1944–1948
A Duty to Defend? The Evolution of Aliens’ Military Obligations to the United States, 1792 to 1946
The print depiction of King William III’s masculinity
Housing the homeless
Between Poise and Power
Paint it black
Toys for the Boys? Drones, Pleasure and Popular Culture in the Militarisation of Policing
Danação da nação
Soldiering as an obstacle to manhood? Masculinities and ex-combatants in Burundi
Sexual (mis)conduct in the Canadian forces
Violence in the American Imaginary
La sexualité du prisonnier de guerre
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |