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Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France / / Robert A. Nye



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Autore: Nye Robert A. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France / / Robert A. Nye Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993
©1993
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina: 305.31/0944/0903
Soggetto topico: Honor - France - History
Men - France - Conduct of life - History
Masculinity - France - History
Soggetto geografico: France Social life and customs
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Introduction: Sex, Society, and Identity; 2 Honor and Male Identity in the Old Regime; 3 The Roots of Bourgeois Honorability; 4 Sex Difference and the ""Separate Spheres""; 5 Population, Degeneration, and Reproduction; 6 Male Sexual Identity and the ""Perversions"" in the Fin de Siecle; 7 Bourgeois Sociability and the Point d'Honneur: 1800-1860; 8 The Culture of the Sword: Manliness and Fencing in the Third Republic; 9 Honor and the Duel in the Third Republic, 1860-1914; Dueling and the Law; How Many Duels?; The Journalistic Duel; The Political Duel; The ""Serious"" Duel
The ""Futile"" Duel10 Conclusion: Courage; Notes; Bibliography of Selected Secondary Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: This study of the evolving definition of masculinity in France since the 18th century examines the aristocratic ethos of male honour, the cultural practices and mentality of middle and upper class men, and the appeal of codes of honour to men throughout French society.
Titolo autorizzato: Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-771458-7
1-280-43980-7
1-4237-3611-7
0-19-536439-2
1-60129-639-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783370903321
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Serie: Studies in the history of sexuality.