Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780230238565)

This book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. British society could not tolerate the discussion necessary to form medical or legal concepts of "the homosexual". The development of masculinity as a social status is examined, for its influence in shaping societal attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and fostering resistance to any kind of recognition of these phenomena.

Author: S. Brady
ISBN-10: 0230238564
ISBN-13: 9780230238565
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2005
Pages: 265
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d