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French Masculinities: History, Politics and Culture

Christopher E. Forth

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 266

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: August 15, 2007

ISBN: 0230006612

ISBN 13: 9780230006614

French Masculinities: History, Politics and Culture

Christopher E. Forth

5/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 266

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: August 15, 2007

ISBN: 0230006612

ISBN 13: 9780230006614

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