Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… established forms of authority in which the rake’s own social standing is rooted, such as the Crown, the Church and the Law. Rakery thus disrupts sociability by undermining the very institutions that structure society, the figure styling … of masculinity, while still making use of the figure of the rake to better contrast their wholesome heroes. Much declawed, the late Georgian and Regency rake did not carry the same direct threat of sexual violence as his …
Literature | Masculinity | Rank | Violence
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