LEADER 04278nam 2201033Ia 450 001 9910779756703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-94358-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520943582 035 $a(CKB)2550000001064489 035 $a(EBL)1215500 035 $a(OCoLC)851160315 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000628067 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369942 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628067 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10710853 035 $a(PQKB)11141036 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056015 035 $a(DE-B1597)520303 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520943582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1215500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10721338 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL498987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1215500 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001064489 100 $a20080805d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore Wilde$b[electronic resource] $esex between men in Britain's age of reform /$fCharles Upchurch 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25853-3 311 $a1-299-67737-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart One. Understandings -- $tPart Two. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- $tPart Three. Implications -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aGay men$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aGay men$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions 606 $aMen$xSexual behavior$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHomosexuality$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSex$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y19th century 610 $aage of reform. 610 $abritish police. 610 $abritish society. 610 $achanging perceptions. 610 $adiscussion books. 610 $aearly 19th century. 610 $aearly victorian period. 610 $aeconomic changes. 610 $aengland. 610 $afamily changes. 610 $agreat britain. 610 $ahistorical account. 610 $ahistory buffs. 610 $ahistory of sexuality. 610 $ahomosexuality. 610 $alaw changes. 610 $aliterary. 610 $anational media. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $aoscar wilde. 610 $aperceptions of sex. 610 $apolitical changes. 610 $aqueer theory. 610 $asame sex attraction. 610 $asame sex desire. 610 $asex between men. 610 $asocial perspective. 610 $awestern sexuality. 615 0$aGay men$xHistory. 615 0$aGay men$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMen$xSexual behavior$xHistory 615 0$aHomosexuality$xHistory 615 0$aSex$xHistory 676 $a306.76/62094109034 700 $aUpchurch$b Charles$f1969-$01570726 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779756703321 996 $aBefore Wilde$93844560 997 $aUNINA