Disability Studies 2023A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Manifest Destiny, Masculinity, Upper Class

• School: Western University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: Disability Studies 2023A/B
• Professor: Shelley Macpharland

Document Summary

Understanding the social model through gender, part i: masculinity and. From fur-trader to sport star: bush masculinity: 16th-19th century. Shifts and changes as our social values shift nad change ideals = lumbar sexual: making fun of guys who buy into ideals of working into bush and hard physical labor. Courier de boise/voyageurs (canada: toughness matched the rugged canadian landscape, displays of work-related physical strength, romanticized in folklore for superhuman strength and endurance. Lots of poems and songs written about them: drunken brawls. Leg men of fur trade: carried heavy saks of fur on their backs, walked hard landscape, toughness was similar to their work, had to be strong to do job, economic value in being tough and strong. From fur-trader to sport star: gentry masculinity: 19th century. Class relations: amateurism vs professionalism in sport, professionalism was banned. If you ahd to be paid to play sport you were poor nad it was looked down upon.