03354nam 2200709Ia 450 991082655450332120200520144314.00-520-94358-910.1525/9780520943582(CKB)2550000001064489(EBL)1215500(OCoLC)851160315(SSID)ssj0000628067(PQKBManifestationID)11369942(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628067(PQKBWorkID)10710853(PQKB)11141036(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056015(DE-B1597)520303(DE-B1597)9780520943582(Au-PeEL)EBL1215500(CaPaEBR)ebr10721338(CaONFJC)MIL498987(MiAaPQ)EBC1215500(EXLCZ)99255000000106448920080805d2009 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBefore Wilde sex between men in Britain's age of reform /Charles Upchurch1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25853-3 1-299-67737-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Understandings -- Part Two. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- Part Three. Implications -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- IndexThis book examines changing perceptions of sex between men in early Victorian Britain, a significant yet surprisingly little explored period in the history of Western sexuality. Looking at the dramatic transformations of the era-changes in the family and in the law, the emergence of the world's first police force, the growth of a national media, and more-Charles Upchurch asks how perceptions of same-sex desire changed between men, in families, and in the larger society. To illuminate these questions, he mines a rich trove of previously unexamined sources, including hundreds of articles pertaining to sex between men that appeared in mainstream newspapers. The first book to relate this topic to broader economic, social, and political changes in the early nineteenth century, Before Wilde sheds new light on the central question of how and when sex acts became identities.Gay menGreat BritainHistoryGay menGreat BritainSocial conditionsMenSexual behaviorGreat BritainHistory19th centuryHomosexualityGreat BritainHistory19th centurySexGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainSocial conditions19th centuryGay menHistory.Gay menSocial conditions.MenSexual behaviorHistoryHomosexualityHistorySexHistory306.76/62094109034Upchurch Charles1969-1710353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826554503321Before Wilde4100903UNINA