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

The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930
ISBN-10
0226500691
ISBN-13
9780226500690
Category
Social Science
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
2008-04-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Angus McLaren

Description

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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