Masculinity And Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913
, by Brady, SeanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781403947130 | 1403947139
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/5/2005
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 sex and sexuality between men and fostering resistance to any kind of recognition of these phenomena.