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22%OFFTom Digby - Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance - 9780231168403 - V9780231168403
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Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance

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Description for Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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" is intensified by the use of misogyny to encourage men and boys to conform to the demands of masculinity. These are among Tom Digby's fascinating insights shared in Love and War, which describes the making and manipulation of gender in militaristic societies and the sweeping consequences for men and women in their personal, romantic, sexual, and professional lives. Drawing on cross-cultural comparisons and examples from popular media, including sports culture, the rise of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231168403
SKU
V9780231168403
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Ref
99-1

About Tom Digby
Tom Digby is professor of philosophy at Springfield College in Massachusetts. He has written, lectured, and taught about gender for more than twenty-five years. His multimedia talks about the intersections of love, masculinity, and war have been given at numerous colleges and universities. His previous book is Men Doing Feminism.

Reviews for Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance
Digby brings a fresh view to the term "battle of the sexes" by revealing the gendered politics and cultural programming that drive many of the irrationalities and antagonisms so familiar to heterosexual romantic relations. The argument is intellectually stimulating, politically important, and potentially quite relevant in personal ways for readers.
Shira Tarrant, author of Men and Feminism and When ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance


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