The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age by Melanie Racette–campbel PAPERBACK

The Crisis of Masculinity in the Age of AugustusAuthor(s): Melanie Racette-Campbell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299343545, 978-0299343545\nSynopsis\nThe political rupture caused by the ascension of Augustus Caesar in ancient Rome, which ended the centuries-old Republic, had drastic consequences for the performance and understanding of masculinity in a markedly androcentric society. Previously, masculinity was established and maintained through the frame of competition, in both public and private spheresbut the total accumulation of power by one man foreclosed most avenues of, and even appreciation for, competition. Melanie Racette-Campbell examines how Romes elite men navigated this liminal moment between Republic and Empire, and shows that the process was neither linear nor uniform. \n Already in the late Republic, prior to Augustuss rise to power, cracks in the hegemonic concept of.