Men And Women Making Friends In Early Modern France (Women And Gender In The Early Modern World)

These essays tell the story of the declining intelligibility of classical models of (male) friendship and of the rising prominence of women as potential friends. Contributors reveal how men and women fashioned gendered selves, and also circumvented gender norms through concrete friendship practices. By showing that the benefits and the risks of friendship are magnified when gender roles and relations are unsettled, the volume highlights the relevance of early modern friend-making to friendship in the contemporary world.

• • Author: Professor Lewis Seifert, Professor Rebecca Wilkin
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jul 14, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 316 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 147245409X
• • ISBN-13: 9781472454096