French Masculinities
Author | : Christopher E. Forth |
Publisher | : Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007-07-11 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X030282530 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book French Masculinities written by Christopher E. Forth and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French Masculinities makes a valuable contribution to gender studies by presenting, for the first time, a comprehensive and critical overview of ideas of how virilité has been imagined in France from the Eighteenth century to the present. Incorporating insights of cultural and social historians as well as specialists in film and literature, this collection approaches masculinities in a complex and interdisciplinary manner that will appeal to a wide range of readers.