pstrongA bold study on the very epicentre of Victorian ideology the white, male bodystrong p pemThe Victorian Male Bodyem examines some of the main expressions and practices of Victorian masculinity and its embodied physicality. The white, and frequently middle class, male body was often normalised as the epitome of Victorian values. Whilst there has been a long and fruitful discussion around the concept of the 'too-visible' body of the colonised subject and the expectations placed on women's bodies, the idealised male body has received less attention in scholarly discussions. Through its examination of a broad range of Victorian literary and cultural texts, this new collection opens up a previously neglected field of study with a scrutinising focus on what is arguably the ideologically most important body in Victorian society. p pThis collection provides a wide variety of essays on different aspects of Victorian literature and culture, considering the variety of forms that this 'ideal