Tracing the Heroic Through Gender

• Main Author: Mommertz, Monika (auth)
• Other Authors: Seedorf, Thomas (auth), Hauck, Carolin (auth), Schlüter, Andreas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2018
• Series: Helden - Heroisierungen - Heroismen
• Subjects: Helden; Heroic; Gender
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In nearly all societies and epochs, the heroic is gendered on many levels. However, social and cultural production of the heroic cannot be understood solely through the lens of masculinity, nor does it make sense to regard women or femininity merely as exceptions. Rather, it is important to take the...