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A history of virility / edited by Alain Corbin, Jean-Jacques Courtine, and Georges Vigarello ; translated by Keith Cohen.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Corbin, Alain, editor.
Courtine, Jean-Jacques, editor.
Vigarello, Georges, editor.
Cohen, Keith, 1945- translator.
Series:
European perspectives
European perspectives : a series in social thought and cultural criticism
Standardized Title:
Histoire de la virilité. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Masculinity--History.
Masculinity.
History.
Men--History.
Men.
Men--Social conditions.
Men--Identity.
Men--Psychology.
Sex role--History.
Sex role.
Gender identity--History.
Gender identity.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 744 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Summary:
How has the meaning of manhood changed over time? In A History of Virility, an international group of scholars traces the sociohistorical evolution of virility, as opposed to masculinity, to unsettle popular accounts of politics and culture. A major contribution to the nascent field of masculinity studies, this history considers painting, sculpture, literature, film, and philosophy to expand our knowledge of fascism, nationalism, liberalism, classicism, and colonialism. With the modern world delivering one blow after another to hegemonic virility, this book also explores where manliness might be headed next. Book jacket.
Contents:
1 Greek Virilities / Maurice Sartre Sartre, Maurice 1
2 Roman Virilities / Jean-Paul Thuillier Thuillier, Jean-Paul 44
3 Barbarian and Knight 76
Hybridity and Transformation / Bruno Dumézil Dumézil, Bruno 76
Medieval Strength and Blood / Claude Thomasset Thomasset, Claude 82
4 Absolute Virility in the Early Modern World 86
Convictions and Questionings / Georges Vigarello Vigarello, Georges 86
Paradoxical Masculinity / Lawrence D. Kritzman Kritzman, Lawrence D. 94
Examples from Painting / Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen Laneyrie-Dagen, Nadeije 114
5 The Virile Man and the Savage in the Lands of Exploration / Georges Vigarello Vigarello, Georges 146
6 Uneasy Virility in the Age of Enlightenment 165
Common Folks' Virility / Arlette Farge Farge, Arlette 165
Men of Fiction / Michel Delon Delon, Michel 186
7 The Code of Virility: Inculcation 215
The Triumph of Virility / Alain Corbin Corbin, Alain 215
Childhood, or the "Journey Toward Virility" / Ivan Jablonka Jablonka, Ivan 220
8 The Duel and the Defense of Virile Honor / François Guillet Guillet, François 245
9 The Necessary Manifestation of Sexual Energy / Alain Corbin Corbin, Alain 276
10 Military Virility / Jean-Paul Bertaud Bertaud, Jean-Paul 303
11 Virility in the Colonial Context: From the Late Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century / Christelle Taraud Taraud, Christelle 325
12 The Burden of Virility 346
The Injunction of Virility, Source of Anguish and Anxiety / Alain Corbin Corbin, Alain 346
Homosexuality and Virility / Régis Revenin Revenin, Régis 362
13 The Great War and the History of Virility / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau Audoin-Rouzeau, Stéphane 391
14 Origins and Transformations of Male Domination 399
Impossible Virility / Jean-Jacques Courtine Courtine, Jean-Jacques 399
Anthropology of Virility: The Fear of Powerlessness / Claudine Haroche Haroche, Claudine 403
15 Virilities on Edge, Violent Virilities / Fabrice Virgili Virgili, Fabrice 416
16 Virility through the Looking Glass of Women / Christine Bard Bard, Christine 441
17 "One Is Not Born Virile, One Becomes So" / Arnaud Baubérot Baubérot, Arnaud 467
18 Fascist Virility / Johann Chapoutot Chapoutot, Johann 491
19 Working-Class Virility / Thierry Pillon Pillon, Thierry 515
20 Homosexual Transformations / Florence Tamagne Tamagne, Florence 537
21 Exhibitions: Virility Stripped Bare / Bruno Nassim Aboudrar Aboudrar, Bruno Nassim 559
22 Brawn in Civilization: Virile Myth and Muscular Power / Jean-Jacques Courtine Courtine, Jean-Jacques 585.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780231168786
0231168780
9780231168793
0231168799
OCLC:
911171844
Publisher Number:
40025793061

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