The EssayMasculinityEpisodes Episode guide

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1. The Hard Man in the Call Centre

   5/5Alistair Fraser on the fates and fortunes of Glaswegian tough guys.
2. 'Bedford, do you call this thing a coat?' The History of the Three-Piece Suit

   4/5Sarah Goldsmith on an immortal trio jacket, waistcoat and trousers.
3. Comrades in Arms

   3/5Tom Smith on the East German Military's fascination with its soldiers' sexuality
4. Sword to Pen: Redcoat and the Rise of the Military Memoir

   2/5Emma Butcher on the publishing phenomenon that was the traumatised Napoleonic Redcoat
5. The Well-Groomed Georgian

   1/5Alun Withey on what made 18th-century men shave off centuries of manly growth.