ABSTRACT

The image of the muscular manly mineworker was culturally prevalent in the first half of the twentieth century, and the trope of the hypermasculinity of miners has persisted in popular and scholarly representations. How bodies formed part of the construction of miners’ masculine identities is a crucial but overlooked aspect. This article explores miners’ embodied masculinity at different moments of the lifecycle and within the spaces of home, work, and wider community. It argues for the importance of the muscular body to constructions of masculinity amongst miners and suggests the deeper meanings of this within a wider cultural context.

中文翻译：

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英国矿工的身体和男性身份，C.1900-1950

摘要

肌肉男矿工的形象在 20 世纪上半叶在文化上盛行，矿工超男子气概的比喻在流行和学术表现中一直存在。身体如何构成矿工男性身份的一部分是一个至关重要但被忽视的方面。本文探讨了矿工在生命周期的不同时刻以及在家庭、工作和更广泛的社区空间内体现的男性气质。它论证了肌肉发达的身体对于矿工中男性气质的重要性，并在更广泛的文化背景下暗示了这一点的更深层含义。