Sodomites, pederasts, and tribades in eighteenth-century France : a documentary history / edited by Jeffrey Merrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Jeffrey, editor.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality.

History.

France.

Homosexuality--France--History--18th century--Sources.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xviii, 251 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Examines same-sex relations in eighteenth-century France through a variety of sources, translated and annotated by the author, including police records and other archival documents, news collections, traditional and Enlightenment texts, and literary works. Addresses the routine surveillance of the Parisian subculture as well as textual representations of same-sex relations"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Reports from the Archives of the Bastille

Reports of the Watch/Guard and the Commissaires

Reports of the Swiss Guards in the Champs-Elysées and the Commissaires

Reports of Commissaires Foucault and Desormeaux

Gossip and slander

Tradition

Enlightenment

Fictions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780271083353

0271083352

OCLC:

1082291776

Publisher Number:

99980890904