From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity

From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity -- A brilliant exploration of the conscious and unconscious ways in which European and American cultures have established an essential role for military and warrior virtue in defining masculinity. Beginning with the world of the chivalirc Middle Ages and ending in our age of global terrorism and limited war, Braudy shows how the perceptions and images of masculinity have changed in relation to major wars and advances in war technology. Gathering insights from history, literature, and art--as well as from facts and fantasies about male sexuality--he focuses on developments such as the revolution caused by gunpowder in the 15th century, by the mass armies of the 18th century, and by weapons of mass destruction in the 20th century. He also examines the impact of the American West on the national and international imagination. Among the real and imagined characters discussed are Don Quixote, Henry V, Don Juan, Napoleon, Custer, T. E. Lawrence, and the heroes of Stephen Crane and Hemingway. At its heart, this is a book about the metamorphosis of masculinity, an argument against the idea of innate masculinity that stresses instead men's changeability and responsiveness to circumstances.

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