ISBN:
1280439807
,
9781280439803
,
9780195364392
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 316 p)
,
ill
Series Statement:
Studies in the history of sexuality
Parallel Title:
Print version Nye, Robert A Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France
DDC:
305.31/0944/0903
Keywords:
Men Conduct of life
;
History
;
Masculinity History
;
Honor History
;
France Social life and customs
Abstract:
Contents -- 1 Introduction: Sex, Society, and Identity -- 2 Honor and Male Identity in the Old Regime -- 3 The Roots of Bourgeois Honorability -- 4 Sex Difference and the ""Separate Spheres"" -- 5 Population, Degeneration, and Reproduction -- 6 Male Sexual Identity and the ""Perversions"" in the Fin de Siecle -- 7 Bourgeois Sociability and the Point d'Honneur: 1800-1860 -- 8 The Culture of the Sword: Manliness and Fencing in the Third Republic -- 9 Honor and the Duel in the Third Republic, 1860-1914 -- Dueling and the Law -- How Many Duels? -- The Journalistic Duel -- The Political Duel
Abstract:
The ""Serious"" Duel -- The ""Futile"" Duel -- 10 Conclusion: Courage -- Notes -- Bibliography of Selected Secondary Works -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index
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