MEN AND VIOLENCE

<div>There is growing interest in the history of masculinity and male culture including violence as an integral part of a proper understanding of gender. In almost every historical setting masculinity and violence are closely linked; certainly violent crime has been overwhelmingly a male enterprise. But violence is not always criminal: in many cultural contexts violence is linked instead to honor and encoded in rituals. We possess only an imperfect understanding of the ways in which aggressive behavior or the abstention from aggressive behavior contributes to the construction of masculinity and male honor. In this collection internationally renowned expert Pieter Spierenburg brings together eight scholars to explore the fascinating interrelationship of masculinity honor and the body.<br>             The essays focus on the United States and western Europe from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The contributors are Ute Frevert Steven Hughes Robert Nye Daniele Boschi Amy Sophia Greenberg Martin J. Wiener Stephen Kantrowitz and Terence Finnegan. Men and Violence will be welcomed and widely used by a broad range of scholars and students.</div>