"The Gendering of Men is a wonderful book. . . . it is sure to make a splash in GLBT studies and history, in queer studies, and in eighteenth-century studies. Building on previous scholarly works that interrogate notions of sexuality and gender in the ‘long eighteenth century (1660–1800),’ King complicates and clarifies ways in which we can understand early-modern and modern sexual and gender identities."—Hans Turley, University of Connecticut
"Dazzling in the depth and breadth of scholarly inquiry that has gone into the book’s production, the reach of King’s argument will do much to persuade those less or little interested in theater to think again about the relevance of this genre to any research of the period."—Susan Bennett, University of Calgary, Canada
“Those interested in queer studies, performance studies, and early modern culture will find this book valuable.”—Choice, Sept. 2005
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Taking on nothing less than the formation of modern genders and sexualities, Thomas A. King develops a history of the political and performative struggles that produced both normative and queer masculinities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The result is a major contribution to gender studies, gay studies, and theater and performance history.
The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750 traces the transition from a society based on alliance, which had subordinated all men, women, and boys to higher ranked males, to one founded in sexuality, through which men have embodied their claims to personal and political privacy. King proposes that the male body is a performative production marking men's resistance to their subjection within patriarchy and sovereignty. Emphasizing that categories of gender must come under historical analysis, The Gendering of Men explores men's participation in an ongoing struggle for access to a universal manliness transcending other biological and social differentials.
King historicizes male sexuality in the Gendering of Men and in so doing challenges those histories that have treated masculinity and male sexuality as a transhistorical given and not as a social construct/ideology that serves specific political (patriarcha...
评分King historicizes male sexuality in the Gendering of Men and in so doing challenges those histories that have treated masculinity and male sexuality as a transhistorical given and not as a social construct/ideology that serves specific political (patriarcha...
评分King historicizes male sexuality in the Gendering of Men and in so doing challenges those histories that have treated masculinity and male sexuality as a transhistorical given and not as a social construct/ideology that serves specific political (patriarcha...
评分King historicizes male sexuality in the Gendering of Men and in so doing challenges those histories that have treated masculinity and male sexuality as a transhistorical given and not as a social construct/ideology that serves specific political (patriarcha...
评分King historicizes male sexuality in the Gendering of Men and in so doing challenges those histories that have treated masculinity and male sexuality as a transhistorical given and not as a social construct/ideology that serves specific political (patriarcha...
这本书的结构安排非常精妙,它似乎遵循着一种由外而内的逻辑递进。我推测,第一部分可能着重于宏观的社会结构和法律框架如何定义男性的边界,比如继承权、财产关系以及军事责任是如何将“男性”这一身份固化下来的。接着,论述的焦点可能转向更具渗透性的文化领域,比如时尚、礼仪,甚至是饮食习惯,这些日常琐事中隐藏的性别密码。我尤其期待作者在讨论“情感表达”这方面的内容。在那个时期,公开的、外露的情感往往与软弱联系在一起,那么,男性是如何处理愤怒、悲伤或爱慕的呢?他们是否有自己隐秘的、非官方的情感交流渠道?如果作者能够揭示出这些“地下”的情感生态,那无疑是对传统性别史研究的一次重要突破。此外,我对“第一卷”的标题保持着高度的关注,它暗示着后续卷册将进一步展开这个宏大的议题。由此推断,本卷或许聚焦于身份的“基础构建”,为后续对男性气质在具体实践层面(如父职、友谊、性行为等)的深入剖析打下坚实的理论和历史基础。整体看来,这是一部深思熟虑、布局宏大的史诗级著作的开篇。
评分阅读过程中,我时常停下来反思,现代社会对男性身份的焦虑和重塑,在多大程度上可以追溯到这个早期的现代阶段?作者似乎在提醒我们,所谓“永恒的男性特质”往往是历史的产物,而非自然的必然。我发现,书中对“阅读”这一行为的探讨尤为深刻。在印刷术普及的时代,男性阅读的内容——无论是宗教小册子、政治辩论还是浪漫小说——是如何塑形了他们对于自我和他者的理解的?比如,某一类英雄形象的流行,是否直接催生了特定行为模式的效仿?我特别欣赏作者在处理那些“边缘化”的男性群体时的审慎态度。那些不符合主流期望的个体,比如被指控为“娘娘腔”的贵族,或是那些在商业竞争中失利而无法履行传统责任的商人,他们在社会中是如何被边缘化和惩罚的?这些案例不仅丰富了历史细节,更提供了理解权力运作的绝佳切口。这本书的价值在于,它迫使读者跳出现有的二元对立思维,去理解性别是一个光谱,而非一个固定的、泾渭分明的标签,尤其是在一个社会规范尚未完全固化的过渡时期。
评分这本书的学术密度极高,但阅读体验却出奇地流畅,这归功于作者炉火纯青的文本驾驭能力。它在呈现大量一手史料的同时,始终保持着清晰的论证主线,绝不让读者迷失在繁复的细节之中。我印象特别深的是作者对“身体语言”的解读,这部分内容往往是性别史研究中的薄弱环节,但在这里却被提升到了一个关键的分析层面。比如,一个男性如何站立、如何握手、如何佩戴武器,这些细微的身体姿态如何被解读为权力与地位的宣示?这不仅仅是美学上的探讨,更是关于社会控制和身份展示的政治学。对于任何对早期现代英国的社会文化史有兴趣的研究者来说,这本书提供了一个不可或缺的参照系。它重新定义了我们审视历史文献的角度,让我们明白,要理解一个时代的精神,必须从他们最私密、最不经意流露出的身体表达中去发掘。这不仅仅是一部关于“男性气质”的书,更是一部关于“如何成为人”的深度社会人类学考察,其广度和深度都令人肃然起敬。
评分翻开书本时,我立刻被作者那严谨而又充满洞察力的叙事风格所吸引。它绝非那种枯燥的学术堆砌,而是像一位经验丰富的导游,带着读者穿梭于17世纪和18世纪早期的伦敦街头巷尾,去观察那些不为人注意的角落。我对作者处理文本材料的方式深感钦佩——那种对细微差别的捕捉能力,仿佛能听到当时人们低声交谈的内容。例如,对于“荣誉感”在不同社会阶层中的具体表现差异,作者并没有简单地给出一个笼统的定义,而是通过具体的法庭记录和私人信件片段,重建了那个时代男性群体内部的等级森严与相互审视。这种细致入微的描摹,让人不禁思考,我们今天所习以为常的“男子气概”究竟有多少是历史的偶然遗留,又有多少是人类共通的生理基础投射的必然结果。更令人称道的是,作者似乎避免了用现代的、扁平化的视角去评判历史人物,而是试图进入他们的思维框架,理解在那个特定的文化语境下,男性行为的动机和逻辑。这种深厚的同理心是优秀历史著作的标志,它使得这部作品的论证既有深度,又充满温度,绝非冰冷的理论构建。
评分这本书的标题确实引人注目,光是“The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750, Volume 1: The English Phallus”就足以让人对作者将要探讨的时期和主题产生强烈的兴趣。我个人对早期现代欧洲社会性别角色的演变一直抱有浓厚的求知欲,尤其关注男性气质是如何在那个剧烈变动的时代被建构和重新定义的。我猜想,作者必然会深入剖析当时的文学、法律文件乃至日常的社会互动中,男性气概是如何通过一系列复杂的文化实践被制度化和想象出来的。特别是“英语阳具”这个侧重,暗示了一种对权力象征和身体政治的直接探讨,这非常大胆且富有潜力。我期望看到的是对精英阶层与普通民众之间性别观念差异的细致比较,以及宗教改革后的道德重塑如何深刻影响了男性的自我认知。考虑到时间跨度是从1600年到1750年,这无疑涵盖了清教革命、王权复辟到启蒙运动的早期阶段,社会结构经历了翻天覆地的变化,这为分析性别规范的流动性提供了绝佳的背景。这本书如果能成功地将宏大的历史叙事与微观的个人经验相结合,将会是一部里程碑式的作品。我特别关注它如何处理“理想男性”与“失败男性”之间的张力,以及这种张力如何体现在当时的公共话语中。
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