This collection explores the evolution of notions about masculinity during the intense crisis of Renaissance and early modern France. Authors of the period reflect the anxieties about masculinity that became more pronounced against the backdrop of major events and innovations of the period: the religious conflict in France, the repeated questioning of religious and royal authority, the revival of Greek skepticism, the discovery of the New World, and the rise of clinical medicine. These events in turn fueled growing doubt concerning the fixed and hierarchical nature of gender distinction, a distinction upon which many felt French culture was dependent for its very survival.
| ISBN: | 9780943549927 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2002 |
| Author: | Kathleen Perry Long |
| Publisher: | Penn State University Press an imprint of Truman State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
This collection explores the evolution of notions about masculinity during the intense crisis of Renaissance and early modern France. Authors of the period reflect the anxieties about masculinity that became more pronounced against the backdrop of major events and innovations of the period: the religious conflict in France, the repeated questioning of religious and royal authority, the revival of Greek skepticism, the discovery of the New World, and the rise of clinical medicine. These events in turn fueled growing doubt concerning the fixed and hierarchical nature of gender distinction, a distinction upon which many felt French culture was dependent for its very survival.
High Anxiety features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
High Anxiety is available in Paperback
High Anxiety was written by Kathleen Perry Long and published by Penn State University Press an imprint of Truman State University Press
High Anxiety has 256 pages
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