The Trials of Masculinity – Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870–1930

Summary

In this history of manhood and masculinity, the author argues that modern formulations of masculinity, despite any sense of naturalness and constancy, are in fact, idealized cultural products of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Angus Mclaren
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780226500683
• ISBN: 978-0-226-50068-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, H; Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society; Chicago Sexuality Hist & Society SHS (CHUP); The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries