George Washington University: The Pressures of Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet 
George Washington University
"Standing to the Wall": The Pressures of Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet
Author(s): Robert Appelbaum
Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 251-272
Published by: Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2871016
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"Standing to the wall": The Pressures of
Masculinity in RomeoandJuliet
ROBERT APPELBAUM
W
HAT
IS MASCULINITY?
In a brief essaythat rings true for me with respect
to my own experience as a man, Homi K. Bhabha warns us not to speak of "masculinity in general, sui generis." What we are talking
"Standing to the Wall": The Pressures of Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet
Author(s): Robert Appelbaum
Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 251-272
Published by: Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2871016
Accessed: 18/01/2010 06:26
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"Standing to the wall": The Pressures of
Masculinity in RomeoandJuliet
ROBERT APPELBAUM
W
HAT
IS MASCULINITY?
In a brief essaythat rings true for me with respect
to my own experience as a man, Homi K. Bhabha warns us not to speak of "masculinity in general, sui generis." What we are talking