Men and Violence: Gender, Honor and Rituals in Modern Europe and America

Author:   Pieter Spierenburg
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
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9780814207536


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 April 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Men and Violence: Gender, Honor and Rituals in Modern Europe and America


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There is growing interest in the history of masculinity and male culture, including violence, as an integral part of a proper understanding of gender. In almost every historical setting, masculinity and violence are closely linked; certainly violent crime has been overwhelmingly a male enterprise. But violence is not always criminal: in many cultural contexts violence is linked instead to honour and encoded in rituals. We possess only an imperfect understanding of the ways in which aggressive behaviour, or the abstention from aggressive behaviour, contributes to the construction of masculinity and male honour. In this text eight scholars explore the interrelationship of masculinity, honour and the body. The essays focus on the United States and Western Europe from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

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Author:   Pieter Spierenburg
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
Imprint:   Ohio State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9780814207536


ISBN 10:   0814207537
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 April 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Pieter Spierenburg is professor of history at Erasmus University and the author of The Spectacle of Suffering: Executions and the Evolution of Repression, The Broken Spell: A Cultural and Anthropological History of Preindustrial Europe, and The Prison Experience: Disciplinary Institutions and Their Inmates in Early Modern Europe.

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