A History of Virility (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)

Synopsis

How Has The Meaning Of Manhood Changed Over Time? A History Of Virility Follows This Fascinating Trajectory, Beginning With Ancient Conceptions Of The Male Gender, Which Persisted, With Significant Alterations, For Centures. While 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 Of Codes Of Virility During The Next Hundred Years, And Then Twentieth-century Conceptions Of Maleness Introduced A Virility On Edge, A Fraught Development We Contend With Today. 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 Popular Accounts Of Politics And Culture, These Authors Consider Painting, Sculpture, Literature, Philosophy, Film, And Cultural And Sociological Critique To Expand Our Knowledge Of Fascism, Nationalism, Liberalism, Classicism, And Colonialism. -- From Back Cover. Greek Virilities / Maurice Sartre -- Roman Virilities / Jean-paul Thuillier -- Barbarian And Knight. Hybridity And Transformation / Bruno Dumézil ; Medieval Strength And Blood / Claude Thomasset -- Absolute Virility In The Early Modern World. Convictions And Questionings / Georges Vigarello ; Paradoxical Masculinity / Lawrence D. Kritzman ; Examples From Painting / Nadeije Laneyrie-dagen -- The Virile Man And The Savage In The Lands Of Exploration / Georges Vigarello -- Uneasy Virility In The Age Of Enlightenment. Common Folks' Virility / Arlette Farge ; Men Of Fiction / Michel Delon -- The Code Of Virility : Inculcation. The Triumph Of Virility / Alain Corbin ; Childhood, Or The Journey Toward Virility / Ivan Jablonka -- The Duel And The Defense Of Virile Honor / François Guillet ; The Necessary Manifestation Of Sexual Energy / Alain Corbin ; Military Virility / Jean-paul Bertaud -- Virility In The Colonial Context : From The Late Eighteenth To The Twentieth Century / Christelle Taraud-- The Burden Of Virility. The Injunction Of Virility, Source Of Anguish And Anxiety / Alain Corbin ; Homosexuality And Virility / Régis Revenin -- The Great War And The History Of Virility / Stéphane Audoin-rouzeau -- Origins And Transformations Of Male Domination. Impossible Virility / Jean-jacques Courtine ; Anthropology Of Virility : The Fear Of Powerlessness / Claudine Haroche -- Virilities On Edge, Violent Virilities / Fabrice Virgili -- Virility Through The Looking Glass Of Women / Christine Bard -- One Is Not Born Virile, One Becomes So / Arnaud Baubérot -- Fascist Virility / Johann Chapoutot -- Working-class Virility / Thierry Pillon. Edited By Alain Corbin, Jean-jacques Courtine, And Georges Vigarello ; Translated By Keith Cohen. Translated From The French. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.