Masculinity in Modern Europe
Questions
for Introductory Week
Wednesday,
Jan 15: History and Masculinity
Dudink, Editor's Preface
1.
Why was male bonding, or masculine fraternity, so important in modern
(post-revolutionary) politics?
2.
How is the study of masculinity a feminist enterprise?
3.
Why is masculinity invisible, and how does one make it visible?
Forth,
Introduction (to p. 6)
4.
The central thesis of the book is on page 5. Find it, and express in your own
words.
Friday,
Jan. 17: Body and Civilization
Forth,
Introduction (pp. 6-15)
5.
According to Forth, There are 4 developments associated with modern
civilization that have conflicted with ideas of
"natural"
masculinity. What are those four developments, and how do they undermine
"natural" masculinity?
6.
How are ideas of the male body important in validating masculine character? (pp. 8-9)
Braudy, chaps 1-4
7,What
are two pieces of evidence Braudy uses to argue that
men are not naturally aggressive?
8.
Briefly, what does Braudy mean when he says "Sex
is not the same as gender."
9.
Braudy thinks that rituals and warfare shape
masculinity primarily by establishing distinctions between manliness and what?