Trials of Masculinity e-bog

In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we now take to be the traditional model of the heterosexual male."e;Inherently interesting. . . . Exhibitionism, pornography, and deception all have their place here."e;-Library Journal"e;An appealing wealth of evidence of what trials can reveal about the boundaries of men's roles around the turn of the century."e;-Kirkus Reviews"e;It is difficult to imagine a better guide to the most notorious scandals of our great-grandparents' day."e;-Graham Rosenstock, Lambda Book Report