The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930

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University of Chicago Press, 15. 4. 2008 - Počet stran: 316
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
 

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Policing Sexual Boundaries Introduction
1
Policing Sexual Boundaries Part One Masculinities
11
Policing Sexual Boundaries Part Two Legal Discourses Men Melodrama and Criminality
37
Policing Sexual Boundaries Illustrations follow page
132
Policing Sexual Boundaries Part Three Medical Discourses Weak Men and Perverts
133
Policing Sexual Boundaries Conclusion
233
Policing Sexual Boundaries Notes
239
Policing Sexual Boundaries Index
297
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