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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449718103321

Autore

Nye Robert A.

Titolo

Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France / / Robert A. Nye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-280-43980-7

1-4237-3611-7

0-19-536439-2

1-60129-639-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Studies in the History of Sexuality

Disciplina

305.31/0944/0903

Soggetti

Honor - France - History

Men - France - Conduct of life - History

Masculinity - France - History

Electronic books.

France Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction: Sex, Society, and Identity; 2 Honor and Male Identity in the Old Regime; 3 The Roots of Bourgeois Honorability; 4 Sex Difference and the ""Separate Spheres""; 5 Population, Degeneration, and Reproduction; 6 Male Sexual Identity and the ""Perversions"" in the Fin de Siecle; 7 Bourgeois Sociability and the Point d'Honneur: 1800-1860; 8 The Culture of the Sword: Manliness and Fencing in the Third Republic; 9 Honor and the Duel in the Third Republic, 1860-1914; Dueling and the Law; How Many Duels?; The Journalistic Duel; The Political Duel; The ""Serious"" Duel

The ""Futile"" Duel10 Conclusion: Courage; Notes; Bibliography of Selected Secondary Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study of the evolving definition of masculinity in France since the 18th century examines the aristocratic ethos of male honour, the



cultural practices and mentality of middle and upper class men, and the appeal of codes of honour to men throughout French society.