Love and war : how militarism shapes sexuality and romance /
Ideas of masculinity and femininity become sharply defined in war-reliant societies, resulting in a presumed enmity between men and women. This so-called battle of the sexes intensifies in tandem with dispositions to fight actual wars. These are among the fascinating discoveries Tom Digby shares in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2014]
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Colección: | EBL-Schweitzer
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Battle of the Sexes: Why Is Heterosexual Love So Hard?; 2. Let's Make a Deal: The Heterosexual Economy Falls Off a Cliff; 3. How to Make a Warrior: Misogyny and Emotional Toughness in the Construction of Masculinity; 4. Keeping the Battle of the Sexes Alive: Faith and Fantasy; 5. Can Men Rescue Heterosexual Love? More Faith and Fantasy; 6. Gender Terrorism, Gender Sacrifice: Getting Beyond Zero-Sum Heterosexuality; 7. The Degendering of War: War Loses Its Sex; 8. The Demilitarizing of Gender: A Truce in the Battle of the Sexes?; Notes; Index.