Edward 'Ned' Hanlan: imagining Canadian masculinity and national identity from the success of an early rowing champion

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dc.contributor.authorMills, Adam
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorKossuth, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-09T20:26:46Z
dc.date.available2024-12-09T20:26:46Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis study explores Canadian professional rower Edward ‘Ned’ Hanlan who became nationally and internationally famous in the mid-to-late Victorian Era (1870s-90s). Applying a deconstructionist methodology to analyse illustrations and text of Hanlan’s numerous races, this project explores how nationalism and manliness were depicted and understood during this time. Images published in two Canadian magazines, Grip and the Canadian Illustrated News are examined to reveal how and why Hanlan was frequently exemplified as a role model for Canadians. The print media’s representation of Hanlan was informed by broader influences such as the Canada First movement and the appropriated sport of lacrosse to provide readers context to appreciate Hanlan as the standard for what it meant to be Canadian. Grip and the Canadian Illustrated News focused on connections between athletic prowess and manliness, and Hanlan’s physical composition in these images is examined through a consideration of hegemonic masculinity, the self-made man, reclaiming masculinity, muscular Christianity, and fatherhood. By equating Hanlan’s feats with the emergence of Canadian nationhood, the rowing world championships resonated with Canadians as well as serving the print media’s interests in promoting a Canadian masculine ideal.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6963
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectEdward "Ned" Hanlan
dc.subjectCanadian masculinity
dc.subjectnational identity
dc.subjectCanadian rowing champion
dc.subjectVictorian era image of masculinity
dc.subjectathletic prowess
dc.subjectmanliness
dc.subjectphysical composition
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.subject.lcshHanlan, Edward "Ned", 1855-1908
dc.subject.lcshRowers--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshMasculinity--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshMasculinity in sports--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshNational characteristics, Canadian--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshNationalism--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshNationalism and sports--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshRole models--Canada--History--19th century
dc.subject.lcshSex role and sports--Canada--History--19th century
dc.titleEdward 'Ned' Hanlan: imagining Canadian masculinity and national identity from the success of an early rowing champion
dc.typeThesis
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