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Robert A. Nye
Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France
$29.95, £17.95 paperback
978-0-520-21510-8
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336 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 3 b/w illustrations
November 1998, Available worldwide
Categories: History; European History; Gender Studies; Men & Masculinity
November 1998, Available worldwide
Categories: History; European History; Gender Studies; Men & Masculinity
"[Nye] demonstrates better than anyone else has why and how nineteenth-century masculinity was problematized and, in revealing the social and cultural preoccupations which went into the construction of perverts, makes a major contribution to the history of sexuality."—Angus McLaren, Canadian Journal of History
"Dense with evidence and thoughtfully written, with enough nods to social and psychoanalytic theories to illuminate rather than encumber his subjects, this book is required reading for all historians of nineteenth-century France."—Dorinda Outram, ISIS
"A significant contribution to the study of masculinity in the nineteenth century. [Nye] reminds us how complex the study of sexuality and masculinity can be, as they remain inextricably tied to virtually every area of human experience."—Barry Bergen, Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Newsletter
"Dense with evidence and thoughtfully written, with enough nods to social and psychoanalytic theories to illuminate rather than encumber his subjects, this book is required reading for all historians of nineteenth-century France."—Dorinda Outram, ISIS
"A significant contribution to the study of masculinity in the nineteenth century. [Nye] reminds us how complex the study of sexuality and masculinity can be, as they remain inextricably tied to virtually every area of human experience."—Barry Bergen, Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Newsletter
In this study of upper-class masculinity from the end of the ancien régime in 1789 to the end of World War I, Robert Nye argues that manhood, masculinity, and male sexuality is, like femininity, a cultural construct, comprising a strict set of heroic ideals and codes of honor which few men have been able to realize in practice. In doing so, Nye destabilizes and historicizes the male body, and incorporates gender into the brand of cultural history inaugurated by Norbert Elias in the 1930s.