Love and War - How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance

An exploration of gender as both a weapon and casualty of war.

List of contents

Acknowledgments1. Battle of the Sexes: Why Is Heterosexual Love So Hard?2. Let's Make a Deal: The Heterosexual Economy Falls Off a Cliff3. How to Make a Warrior: Misogyny and Emotional Toughness in the Construction of Masculinity4. Keeping the Battle of the Sexes Alive: Faith and Fantasy5. Can Men Rescue Heterosexual Love? More Faith and Fantasy6. Gender Terrorism7. The Degendering of War: War Loses Its Sex8. The Demilitarizing of Gender: A Truce in the Battle of the Sexes?NotesIndex

About the author

Tom Digby is professor of philosophy at Springfield College in Massachusetts. He has written, lectured, and taught about gender for more than twenty-five years. His multimedia talks about the intersections of love, masculinity, and war have been given at numerous colleges and universities. His previous book is Men Doing Feminism.

Summary

An exploration of gender as both a weapon and casualty of war.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Digby, Digby Tom, Tom Digby
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2014
• EAN: 9780231168403
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16840-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance, Anthropology, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Warfare and defence, Gender studies: women and girls, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General