Hidden Anxieties: Male Sexuality, 1900 - 1950

by Lesley A. Hall

Book Overview

Male sexuality is often seen as simple and monolithic, the 'normal' male appears unchanging and unproblematic. In this major new study, Lesley Hall examines the historical figure of the sexually 'normal' male and addresses the assumptions inherent in this concept. Common male difficulties are concealed by assumptions that desire is crude, insurgent, spontaneous and unproblematic, and are therefore ignored. Hidden Anxieties explores this view, examining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745609333
• ISBN13: 9780745609331
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.