morality and masculinity in France, 1870-1920
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Surkis, Judith
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- FR 3 2006
- Thesaurus
- mannelijkheid, homoseksualiteit, ethiek, huwelijken, rolgedrag, politieke participatie, Frankrijk, 1850-1899, 1900-1949
- Description
- Surkis argues that male sexuality was central to the stabilization of political authority in the French Third Republic. Through promotion of heterosexual marriage, French republican educators and officals were able to anchor wider debates about moral and social order, and thus promote their political agendas.Male sexuality became a source of disorder, a problem to be solved, but also, when contained and controlled through marriage, the foundation of republican politics.