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

• Autore: McLaren Angus
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.31/09
• Soggetto topico: Men - History; Masculinity - History; Sex role - History
• Soggetto non controllato: masculinity, hegemony, gender, men, manliness, violence, aggression, strength, society, sexuality, homosexuality, manhood, history, deception, pornography, exhibitionism, secrets, deviance, normality, norms, regulation, roles, transvestites, sadism, weakness, perversion, murder, gentlemen, cads, criminality, melodrama, nonfiction
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The trials of masculinity
• ISBN: 1-299-10458-4; 0-226-50069-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778713103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.