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The trials of masculinity : policing sexual boundaries, 1870-1930 / Angus McLaren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLaren, Angus.
- Series:
- Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
- Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--History--Sources.
- Men.
- Masculinity--History--Sources.
- Masculinity.
- Sex role--History--Sources.
- Sex role.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 p.)
- Edition:
- 1999th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we now take to be the traditional model of the heterosexual male. "Inherently interesting. . . . Exhibitionism, pornography, and deception all have their place here."-Library Journal "An appealing wealth of evidence of what trials can reveal about the boundaries of men's roles around the turn of the century."-Kirkus Reviews "It is difficult to imagine a better guide to the most notorious scandals of our great-grandparents' day."-Graham Rosenstock, Lambda Book Report
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Masculinities
- pt. 2. Legal discourses
- pt. 3. Medical discourses.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299104587
- 1299104584
- 9780226500690
- 0226500691
- OCLC:
- 476229824
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