Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France

By: Robert A. Nye

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Paperback | 30 November 1998 | Edition Number 1

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In this study of upper-class masculinity from the end of the ancien regime 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.

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"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

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Introduction: Sex, Society, and Identity	p. 3
Honor and Male Identity in the Old Regime	p. 15
The Roots of Bourgeois Honorability	p. 31
Sex Difference and the "Separate Spheres,"	p. 47
Population, Degeneration, and Reproduction	p. 72
Male Sexual Identity and the "Perversions" in the Fin de Siecle	p. 98
Bourgeois Sociability and the Point d'Honneur: 1800-1860	p. 127
The Culture of the Sword: Manliness and Fencing in the Third Republic	p. 148
Honor and the Duel in the Third Republic, 1860-1914	p. 172
Dueling and the Law	p. 173
How Many Duels?	p. 183
The Journalistic Duel	p. 187
The Political Duel	p. 191
The "Serious" Duel	p. 200
The "Futile" Duel	p. 210
Conclusion: Courage	p. 216
Notes	p. 229
Bibliography of Selected Secondary Works	p. 297
Index	p. 311
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