Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913
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ISBN-13:
9780230238565
Veröffentl:
2005
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.08.2005
Seiten:
276
Autor:
S. Brady
Gewicht:
351 g
Format:
216x140x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. British society could not tolerate the discussion necessary to form medical or legal concepts of 'the homosexual'. The development of masculinity as a social status is examined, for its influence in shaping societal attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and fostering resistance to any kind of recognition of these phenomena. Imperatives to bolster masculinity as a social status precluded public recognition of the existence of sex and sexuality between men, even in terms that were hostile and pejorative.
The book deconstructs the medico-legal analysis of homosexual identity construction in Britain, through an examination of masculinity and institutions of authority
Introduction History Masculinity National Newspapers Legislation Resistance Lives Conclusion Notes Bibliography
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