Title
No Pain, No Gain: Violence as Symbolic Capital in Malory's Morte d'Arthur
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 1998
Abstract
Romances like Malory's Morte d'Arthur endorse a sexual economy of structured violent exchanges in which masculinity is builty around the continual circulation of women and wealth as rewards for sanctioned violence.
Journal
Arthuriana
Volume
8
Issue
2
First Page
115
Last Page
134