Sexing the citizen : morality and masculinity in France, 1870-1920
"How did marriage come to be seen as the foundation and guarantee of social stability in Third Republic France? In Sexing the Citizen, Judith 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. This ideal offered a specific response to the problems -- individualism, democratization, and rapid technological and social change -- associated with France's modernity
History
xi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780801444647, 9780801477225, 0801444640, 0801477220
65187339
Moral education, the family, and the state
Liberal discipline
Wasted youth
Life and the mind
The limits of desire
The sacralization of heterosexuality
Venereal consciousness and society
Hygienic citizens