Male bonds in nineteenth-century art / edited by Thijs Dekeukeleire, Henk de Smaele, and Marjan Sterckx.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dekeukeleire, Thijs, editor.

Smaele, Henk de, editor.

Sterckx, Marjan, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--19th century.

Art, Modern.

Male friendship.

Physical Description:

318 pages ; illustrations (some color), facsimiles, genealogical table, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Male bonds were omnipresent in nineteenth-century European artistic scenes, impacting the creation, presentation, and reception of art in decisive ways. Men's lives and careers bore the marks of their relations with other men. Yet, such male bonds are seldom acknowledged for what they are: gendered and historically determined social constructs. This volume shines a critical light on male homosociality in the arts of the long nineteenth century by combining art history with the insights of gender and queer history. From this interdisciplinary perspective, the contributing authors present case studies of men's relationships in a variety of contexts, which range from the Hungarian Reform Age to the Belgian fin de siècle. As a whole, the book offers a historicizing survey of the male bonds that underpinned nineteenth-century art and a thought-provoking reflection on its theoretical and methodological implications. -- Back cover.

Contents:

part 1. Familial bonds: mediating masculine intimacy

part 2. Coercive bonds: disciplining the male body

part 3. Covert bonds: queering the nineteenth-century man

part 4. Forged bonds: competing for each other's attention.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789462702813

9462702810

OCLC:

1233267934