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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778713103321

Autore

McLaren Angus

Titolo

The trials of masculinity [[electronic resource] ] : policing sexual boundaries, 1870-1930 / / Angus McLaren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997

ISBN

1-299-10458-4

0-226-50069-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society

Disciplina

305.31/09

Soggetti

Men - History

Masculinity - History

Sex role - History

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 (p. 239-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Masculinities -- pt. 2. Legal discourses -- pt. 3. Medical discourses.

Sommario/riassunto

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