Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France
This study of the evolving definition of masculinity in France since the 18th century examines the aristocratic ethos of male honour, the cultural practices and mentality of middle and upper class men, and the appeal of codes of honour to men throughout French society.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
1993.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in the history of sexuality. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31845757*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction: Sex, Society, and Identity; 2 Honor and Male Identity in the Old Regime; 3 The Roots of Bourgeois Honorability; 4 Sex Difference and the "Separate Spheres"; 5 Population, Degeneration, and Reproduction; 6 Male Sexual Identity and the "Perversions" in the Fin de Siecle; 7 Bourgeois Sociability and the Point d'Honneur: 1800-1860; 8 The Culture of the Sword: Manliness and Fencing in the Third Republic; 9 Honor and the Duel in the Third Republic, 1860-1914; Dueling and the Law; How Many Duels?; The Journalistic Duel; The Political Duel; The "Serious" Duel.
