Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913

by Sean Brady

Book Overview

This book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230238564
• ISBN13: 9780230238565
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"