Men on Trial - Performing Emotion, Embodiment and Identity in Ireland, 180045

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.

About the author

Katie Barclay is a Research Fellow in Irish Studies at Queen’s University, Belfast

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: Katie Barclay, Barclay Katie
• Assisted by: Lynn Abrams (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781526163646
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6364-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Gender in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law