Homosexuality in Modern France

by Bryant T. Ragan, Bryant T Ragan, Bryant T. (Ed.) Ragan, et al.

Book Overview

This volume explores the realities and representations of same-sex sexuality in France in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, the period that witnessed the emergence of "homosexuality" in the modern sense of the word. Based on archival research and textual analysis, the articles examine the development of homosexual subcultures and illustrate the ways in which philosophes, pamphleteers, police, novelists, scientists, and politicians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195093046
• ISBN13: 9780195093049
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"