Masculinities and Representation
The Eroticized Male in Early Modern Italy and England
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Publishing:22nd Nov '24
£66.00
This title is due to be published on 22nd November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
In studies on premodern masculinities that have enriched scholarship in recent years, relatively little attention has been paid to the eroticizing of the male body. Masculinities and Representation seeks to fill this lacuna, illustrating how gender construction served to affirm but also diversify premodern masculinity. In so doing, this collection details how, as a social construct, masculinity was not a single concept, but a dynamic and intricate notion.
Focusing on the premodern period, Masculinities and Representation reveals how heteronormative masculinity was affirmed, but also how it was challenged when the male body was eroticized in art, literature, and devotion, or when “masculine” norms were transgressed by the assumption of “feminine” behaviours. Ultimately, the book demonstrates how masculinity itself could be transgressive in its focus of affection or in its inherent ambiguities.
ISBN: 9781487556976
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 1g
268 pages