Sexing the Citizen: Morality and Masculinity in France, 1870-1920

Sexing the Citizen: Morality and Masculinity in France, 1870-1920

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Author/Contributor(s): Surkis, Judith
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date: 07/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW

Surkis shows how masculine sexuality became central to the making of a republican social order. Marriage, Surkis argues, affirmed the citizen's masculinity, while also containing and controlling his desires.