Pederasts and others
Subtitle: urban culture and sexual identity in nineteenth century Paris
By: William A. Peniston.
Series: Haworth gay & lesbian studies
Publisher: Harrington Park Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Male prostitution -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.; Sodomy -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.; Vice control -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.; Male prostitution -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Sodomy -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Vice control -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.; Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: The laws; title: The police; title: The police in the 1870s; title: The magistrates; title: The doctors; title: The subculture; title: Sexual behavior; title: Social relations; title: Geography; title: Conclusions; title: A decadent aristocrat and a delinquent boy; title: Pederasts, prostitutes, and pickpockets; title: Love and death in gay Paris; title: Summary; title: Conclusion