Manipulating Masculinity: War and Gender in Modern British and American Literature

Phillips, K.

In this study, Kathy Janette Phillips uses literature from World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and the Iraq wars to argue that labelling broadly human traits 'feminine' helps societies manipulate men to war. Phillips also shows that damning pleasure fuels wars by encouraging the displacement of sexuality into violence.                                      

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-07-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403971951

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-73628-7

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 227