Masculinity and male codes of honor in modern France / Robert A. Nye.
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TextSeries: Studies in the history of sexualityPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 316 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 1423736117
- 9781423736110
- 1601296398
- 9781601296399
- 9780195046496
- 0195046498
- 1280439807
- 9781280439803
- 9786610439805
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- Honor -- France -- History
- Men -- France -- Conduct of life -- History
- Masculinity -- France -- History
- France -- Social life and customs
- Honneur -- France -- Histoire
- Hommes -- France -- Morale pratique -- Histoire
- Masculinité -- France -- Histoire
- France -- Mœurs et coutumes
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Honor
- Manners and customs
- Masculinity
- Men -- Conduct of life
- France
- Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
- Gender studies: men & boys
- Social groups
- European history
- France
- History
- Masculinity
- France
- 305.31/0944/0903 20
- BJ1533.H8 N84 1993eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
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.
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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