Defending Women, Negotiating Masculinity in Early Modern Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Androniki Dialeti (0000-0002-1093-7644, University of Thessaly, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x10000543 |
| OpenAlex | W1980367262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the formation of masculinity in early modern Italy, by focusing on literature defending women written by men. The article argues that defence of women emerged as a crucial feature in male self-fashioning and group identity formation in specific environments, such as the courts, the academies, and the Venetian socio-cultural scene of the 1540s and 1550s. By detecting how demarcations of self and other were shaped in the literature under examination, the article suggests that men defending women fashioned themselves both in regard to female ‘otherness’ and against other contemporary male identities. In this process of inclusion and exclusion both gender and social status came into play. Although defence of women initially emerged as a key determinant of elite masculinity, it gradually became the bone of contention among different social groups of men seeking to negotiate, redefine, and appropriate for themselves an idealized form of masculinity
Aesthetics · Art · Elite · Identity (music · Inclusion (mineral · Masculinity · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |