The trials of masculinity [[electronic resource] ] : policing sexual boundaries, 1870-1930 / / Angus McLaren
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McLaren Angus
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| Titolo: |
The trials of masculinity [[electronic resource] ] : policing sexual boundaries, 1870-1930 / / Angus McLaren
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| 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 genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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.: | 9910455266403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.