Men on Trial - Performing Emotion, Embodiment and Identity in Ireland, 1800-45

Men on Trial provides the first history of masculinity and the law in early nineteenth-century Ireland. It combines cutting-edge theories from the history of emotion, performativity and gender studies to argue for gender as a creative and productive force in determining legal and social power relationships.

List of contents

Opening speeches: an introduction
1. Law and lawyers: 'the prerogative of the wig'
2. The stage: 'the court presented a very imposing spectacle'
3. Bodies in court: 'Hogarth would have admired him forever'
4. Speech, sympathy and eloquence: 'it is a voice full of manly melody'
5. The cross-examination: 'he's putting me in such a doldrum'
6. Storytelling: 'quoting the poet'
7. On character: 'you see McDonnell the value of a good character'
Closing arguments: a conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Katie Barclay is a Senior Lecturer in the ARC Centre for Excellence in the History of Emotions and Department of History, University of Adelaide

Summary

Men on Trial provides the first history of masculinity and the law in early nineteenth-century Ireland. It combines cutting-edge theories from the history of emotion, performativity and gender studies to argue for gender as a creative and productive force in determining legal and social power relationships. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Kate Barclay, Katie Barclay, Katie Barclay
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781526132925
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3292-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Gender in History; Gender in History Mup; Gender in History; Gender in History Mup
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law