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19th-century men by occupation and nationality (4 C) A. 19th-century male actors (1 C, 4 P) 19th-century male artists (1 C, 86 P) E. 19th-century Eastern Catholic ...
The word means "disguised" in French. Depending on sources, the term may be given as travesty, [1] [2] travesti, [3] [4] or en travesti.The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English explains the origin of the latter term as "pseudo-French", [5] although French sources from the mid-19th century have used the term, e.g. Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l'opéra (1876), La ...
Besides work, Victorian men were also active in the public sphere of clubs and taverns, indulging in homosociality. The rise of scientific management principles also change the way other spheres like sport were viewed: there was a shift away from the early Victorian discourse of "fair play" as the most important aspect of sport, to one ...
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Napoleon, a typical great man, said to have created the "Napoleonic" era through his military and political genius. The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior ...
The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, [1] and there is also evidence that some behaviors considered masculine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors.
Since the 19th century, men have taken part in significant cultural and political responses to feminism within each "wave" of the movement. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in a range of social relations, generally done through a "strategic leveraging" of male privilege.