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Masculinity and the Hunt - Wyatt to Spenser (Paperback)
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Masculinity and the Hunt - Wyatt to Spenser (Paperback)
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As an age-old metaphor for the sexual chase, the hunt provides a
uniquely conflicted site for the representation of masculinity. On
the one hand, hunting had from ancient times served to define a
particular and culturally approved mode of masculinity as heroic,
pursuant, and goal-oriented, where success was measured by the
achievement of the objectives set: the capture and killing of prey.
When applied to love, on the other hand, hunting was inflected
quite differently. At first glance, the basic scenario of a male
subject pursuing elusive quarry over which he ultimately comes to
assert control might seem to epitomise the dynamic of the sexual
chase, yet when poets invoke the hunt in an amorous context, this
most obvious manifestation of the metaphor is not the one they put
to use. On the contrary, in lyric poetry and romance, the hunt
metaphor serves to demote or destabilise the masculine subject in
some way. The huntsman is routinely a figure of failure: for all
his efforts, he either fails to catch what he pursues, catches the
wrong thing, ends up being caught by others, or runs round in
circles chasing himself. His failure is measured precisely as a
shortfall from the cultural ideal. The metaphor of the hunt thus
opens up possibilities for exploring definitions of masculinity
that deviate from culturally approved models of mastery and power.
It shows how limited those models are and offers examples of
alternative and counter-cultural versions of a masculine
subjectivity that radically query patriarchal stereotypes of gender
and class. The hunt has been the subject of increased critical
interest over last few years, partly as a result of its
politicisation as an issue, as reflected in recent changes to
hunting legislation within the UK. Shifting attitudes to the hunt
indicate that as a cultural phenomenon it continues to mobilise
strong opinion and to activate notions of class and gender identity
to this day. Masculinity and the Hunt is a unique study considering
the link between hunting and masculinity in the literature of the
sixteenth century.
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