Politics of the Sword: Dueling, Honor, and Masculinity in Modern Italy

by Steven C. Hughes

Book Overview

Following its creation as a country in 1861, Italy experienced a wave of dueling that led commentators to bemoan a national "duellomania" evidenced by the sad spectacle of a duel a day. Pamphlets with titles like "Down with the Duel" and "The Shame of the Duel" all communicated the passion of those who could not believe that a people supposedly just returned to the path of progress and civilization had wholeheartedly embraced such a "barbaric" custom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814257283
• ISBN13: 9780814257289
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"