The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930 (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930 (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society) Book

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,...Read More

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  • Product 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

  • 0226500683
  • 9780226500683
  • A McLaren
  • 20 July 1999
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 316
  • New edition
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