Men on Trial: Performing Emotion, Embodiment and Identity in Ireland, 1800-45

by Kate Barclay

Book Overview

Men on Trial provides the first history of masculinity and the law in early nineteenth-century Ireland. It combines cutting-edge theories from the history of emotion, performativity and gender studies to argue for gender as a creative and productive force in determining legal and social power relationships.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526163640
• ISBN13: 9781526163646
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"