Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913
Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913

Author: S. Brady

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-02-19

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0230272363

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This book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. British society could not tolerate the discussion necessary to form medical or legal concepts of 'the homosexual'. The development of masculinity as a social status is examined, for its influence in shaping societal attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and fostering resistance to any kind of recognition of these phenomena. Imperatives to bolster masculinity as a social status precluded public recognition of the existence of sex and sexuality between men, even in terms that were hostile and pejorative.

Ghosts of Futures Past
Ghosts of Futures Past

Author: Molly McGarry

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0520274539

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"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Page opposite title page.

The Gilded Age Construction of Modern American Homophobia
The Gilded Age Construction of Modern American Homophobia

Author: J. Hatheway

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-06-27

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1403974004

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The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia is an analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late Nineteenth century America. In this period of social distress, many Americans came to doubt the underlying assumptions of national progress. If the United States were to remain true to its promise of earthly perfection, then the forces of social disharmony had to be overcome. Homosexuality, however, challenged the very notions of order and progress. This book investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and concludes with a discussion of how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women.