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A History of Virility (Paperback)
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A History of Virility (Paperback)
Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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How has the meaning of manhood changed over time? A History of
Virility proposes a series of answers to this question by
describing a trajectory that begins with ancient conceptions of
male domination and privilege and examining how it persisted, with
significant alterations, for centuries. While the mainstream of
virility was challenged during the Enlightenment, its preeminence
was restored by social forms of male bonding in the nineteenth
century. Pacifist, feminist, and gay rights movements chipped away
at models and codes of virility during the next hundred years,
leading to the twentieth century's disclosing of a "virility on
edge," or virility as an unstable entity dispossessed of any
automatic claim to power. These original essays, written by an
international group of scholars including Arlette Farge, Jean-Paul
Bertaud, Christelle Taraud, and Fabrice Virgili, add an intriguing
sociohistorical dimension to our understanding of the evolution of
virility. Unsettling received notions of political and cultural
critique, these authors consider painting, sculpture, literature,
film, and philosophy to expand our knowledge of fascism,
nationalism, liberalism, classicism, and colonialism.
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