Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis

by Amanda DiGioia

This book, written from a feminist perspective, uses the focus of duelling to discuss the nature of masculinity in Russia. It traces the development of duelling and masculinity historically from the time of Peter the Great onwards, considers how duelling and masculinity have been represented in both literature and film and assesses the high emphasis given in Soviet times to gender equality, arguing that this was a failed experiment that ran...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367279657
• ISBN13: 9780367279653
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"