Heroic Weakness: Bulgarian man facing the death of the national ideal.
Is it possible to conceive of the masculinity of war veterans as manifesting characteristics usually associated with women rather than men? Questioning the classical notion of war heroism and taking as a starting point an obituary published in 1899, this article traces the commemorative practices of...
| Publicado en: | Women's History Review Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 579 - 589 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2011
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