Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century - Couverture rigide

Cocks, H. G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1860648908 ISBN 13 : 9781860648908

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2003

Synopsis

Homosexuality became increasingly visible in 19th-century English society and problems related to the "secret vice" and the "love that dare not speak its name" go to the root of Victorian social and cultural history. This book shows how the homosexual "closet" was created. It was not just by the operation of the law and increasing police enforcement but also by the efforts of successive governments, politicians and journalists, and others involved in public debate, to marginalize homosexuality in civil society. The problem of disclosure and the risk of inflaming class divisions in an age of growing homosexual awareness accompanied an appetite for sexual scandal and the danger of blackmail. Prevention of slander and the vilification involved in scandals among the ruling classes were potent reasons to marginalize homosexuality and create the "closet". The Victorian masculine "character" was at issue, as the homosexual scandals of the 1880s exposed the gulf between notions of private and public morality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Harry Cocks is Research Fellow at the Department of History, University of Manchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860648908
• ISBN 13: 9781860648908
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible