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

by Pieter Cornelis Spierenburg

Book Overview

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 honor and encoded in rituals. We possess only an imperfect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814207537
• ISBN13: 9780814207536
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"