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dueling  

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  • Dueling in America lasted from the eighteenth century through the late nineteenth century, serving as a way for selfstyled gentlemen to settle conflicts about apparent insults through a series of elaborate steps, leading ultimately to violence. The practice was especially important in dramatizing relationships between rituals and expressions of masculinity and social class. [Source: American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia; Dueling]

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