Manliness and Civilization

Bederman, Gail

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“…The first decade of the twentieth century saw what was called 'the woman peril' in education, a kind of moral panic over the lack of men in teaching. The woman peril itself can be seen as an expression of the broader cultural crisis over masculinity and also of course paralleled the growth of the women's suffrage movement and the growing demand for women's rights (Beberman 2008;Blount 2005). In 1906 when a young Truro teacher, Elizabeth Johnson, resigned in the middle of the year, she was replaced by a man, Charles Averill.…”

Section: Story Of the School Recordsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Betsey Holsbery's school: place, gender, and memory

Weiler

2014

Gender and Education

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Section: Story Of the School Recordsmentioning

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Betsey Holsbery's school: place, gender, and memory

Weiler

2014

Gender and Education

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“…74 The act of lynching was in itself an extremely forceful representation of white men's power. 75 Mob violence and lynchings were at once a manifestation of white male anxiety about the independence of white women and black men, and an opportunity to reassert dominance.…”

Section: A Review Of Recent Approaches To White Panicsmentioning

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Settler Homes, Manhood and 'Houseboys': An Analysis of Natal's Rape Scare of 1886

Martens¹

2002

Journal of Southern African Studies

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For the month of December 1886, white Natalians were galvanised by the fear that white women were in imminent danger of being raped by black men. Mobs of male settlers attacked Africans living in towns and huge public meetings were organised to discuss the 'social pest'. The colonial government responded to this agitation by passing laws providing for a system of 'native' registration in Natal and imposing capital punishment for the crime of rape. In attempting to account for the outbreak of this scare, this article examines the context in which white male anxieties emerged. Drawing from recent scholarship on 'white panics' produced by southern African and American historians, it posits that an economic depression in Natal in the 1880s heightened tensions between settlers and black competitors, and between white men and women. These economic dif culties threatened to undermine the position of white men within the colonial hierarchy, and increased concerns about the implications of black male domestic servants performing what was considered 'women's work' in settler homes, as well as white women's 'inappropriate' behaviour towards them. The scare was a manifestation of these concerns, as well as an opportunity for male settlers to reassert dominance over black men and white women. This article also considers the legislative legacy left by the 1886 panic. It concludes that the scare was a crucial factor in the promulgation of early laws providing for 'native' registration in Natal, and that the government's legislative response was in large degree shaped by extra-legal pressure applied by settlers.

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“…While many black Americans between 1890 and 1910 believed campaigns for empire compromised people of color as a whole, imperialism was also construed as a site for a highly racialized and masculinized struggle of the fittest. 74 Imperial efforts in Africa, Cuba, and the Philippines were thus seen as having the potential to serve as figurative and literal fronts where black men could prove their manhood or openly compete with white men. For Kelly Miller and other African Americans, imperialism was little more than a rigged contest where black men would inevitably lose.…”

Section: Burdens Of Gender Burdens Of Race: Preliminary Conclusion mentioning

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“The Black Man's Burden”: African Americans, Imperialism, and Notions of Racial Manhood 1890–1910

Mitchell¹

1999

Int Rev of Soc His

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Manliness and Civilization

Cited by 1,442 publications

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Betsey Holsbery's school: place, gender, and memory

Betsey Holsbery's school: place, gender, and memory

Settler Homes, Manhood and 'Houseboys': An Analysis of Natal's Rape Scare of 1886

“The Black Man's Burden”: African Americans, Imperialism, and Notions of Racial Manhood 1890–1910

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