2381/44005
Philip Shaw
Philip
Shaw
Cornelis van der Haven
Cornelis
van der Haven
Introduction: Passions of War: Gender, Sexuality and Conflict in the Long Eighteenth Century
University of Leicester
2019
war
gender
sexuality
military history
military masculinity
same‐sex desire
sexual violence
cross‐dressing
2019-05-07 15:18:57
Journal contribution
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Introduction_Passions_of_War_Gender_Sexuality_and_Conflict_in_the_Long_Eighteenth_Century/10245608
This article provides an introduction to the Journal for Eighteenth‐Century Studies special issue ‘Passions of War: Gender, Sexuality and Conflict in the Long Eighteenth Century’. Following an overview of the rationale for the AHRC Research Network ‘Passions of War: Cross‐Disciplinary Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Conflict, 1550‐1945’, the introduction goes on to discuss the literary, artistic, historical and intellectual contexts that inform the issue. Particular attention is paid to the representation of military masculinities, sexual violence, cross‐dressing, same‐sex intimacies and to alternative interpretations of gendered patterns of behaviour. The introduction then offers summary accounts of the individual articles.