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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Digby, Tom, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:EBL-Schweitzer
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  • 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.