Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913
By: Sean Brady.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Male homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Male homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Male homosexuality -- Great Britain -- Historiography; Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Gay men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Gay men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Gay men -- Great Britain -- Identity; Homosexuality, Male -- ethnology -- Great Britain; Homosexuality, Male -- history -- Great Britain; Gender Identity -- Great Britain; History, 19th Century -- Great Britain; History, 20th Century -- Great Britain
Description: "This important book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of homosexual identities in late nineteenth century Britain. Sean Brady demonstrates that 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. Imperatives to bolster masculinity as a social status precluded public recognition of the existence of sex and sexuality between men, even in terms that were hostile and pejorative."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. (248-256) and index.