Benevolent Fathers and Virile Brothers: Metaphors of Kinship and the Construction of Masculinity and Age in the Nineteenth-Century Belgian Army

<p>This article traces the evolution of different discourses of masculinity in the nineteenth century Belgian army. It highlights specifically the way in which officers and men used concepts such as fatherliness, brotherhood, youthfulness, filial duty and other kinship metaphors to express the...

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Main Author: Josephine Hoegaerts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2012-03-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Online Access:https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/1563