Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913 [electronic resource].
Brady, Sean.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
A challenge to dominant arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Examines masculinity as a social status, and its influence in shaping attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and in fostering resistance to the recognition of these phenomena.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 History; 2 Masculinity; 3 National Newspapers; 4 Legislation; 5 Resistance; 6 Lives; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
A challenge to dominant arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Examines masculinity as a social status, and its influence in shaping attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and in fostering resistance to the recognition of these phenomena.
19th century.
20th century.
Gay men.
Great Britain.
Historiography.
History.
Homosexuality, Male.
Identity.
Male homosexuality.
Masculinity.
Social conditions.