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Autore |
Nye Robert A. |
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Titolo |
Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France / / Robert A. Nye |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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1-280-43980-7 |
1-4237-3611-7 |
0-19-536439-2 |
1-60129-639-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in the History of Sexuality |
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Soggetti |
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Honor - France - History |
Men - France - Conduct of life - History |
Masculinity - France - History |
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France Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of the evolving definition of masculinity in France since the 18th century examines the aristocratic ethos of male honour, the |
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