Manhood and the Duel: Masculinity in Early Modern Drama and Culture

ISBN-13: 9781349731091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 238 str.

Jennifer A. Low; J. Low

Opis

As cultural practice, the early modern duel both indicated and shaped the gender assumptions of wealthy young men; As Jennifer Low illustrates by examining the aggression inherent in single combat, masculinity could be understood in spatial terms, social terms, or developmental terms.

Spis treści

Introduction The Duelist as Hero The Art of Fence and the Sense of Masculine Space Sexual Status and the Combat Misperceiving Masculinity, Misperceiving the Duel When Women Fight Conclusion

O autorze

JENNIFER LOW is Associate Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University.