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Explores the political culture of fin-de-siècle France through an examination of a notorious crime and its aftermath in 1899
Utilises a mass of archival records illuminating the nature of masculinity, the power of the popular press and understandings of sexual perversion
Demonstrates the role of sexual crime in driving the republican attack on the Catholic Church
Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in History (GSX)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“Verhoeven’s judicious, rich scholarship beautifully recreates the debates and animosities … This book will interest non-specialists, undergraduate and graduate students, and professors of history, French cultural studies, criminology, sexuality, and gender studies.” (Sharon P. Johnson, French Studies, Vol. 73 (2), April, 2019)
“Verhoeven … showcase the continuing need for scholars to more fully integrate gender into their work, but also the need for historians of gender and sexuality to pay closer attention to religion. I highly recommend this book not only to gender historians, but also to anyone interested in the political and cultural history of the early French Third Republic.” (Andrew Israel Ross, French History, April 02, 2019)
“Timothy Verhoeven’s excellent monograph on the so-called Flamidien Affair is a study of masculinity that will interest historians of the Church as well as a wider academic audience. This book speaks to a growing body of scholarship in which the analytical tool of gender is applied to the study of religious faiths and sexualities.” (Elizabeth C. Macknight, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 70 (1), January, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Timothy Verhoeven
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France
Book Subtitle: The Flamidien Affair
Authors: Timothy Verhoeven
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74479-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74478-0Published: 14 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74479-7Published: 28 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 122
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of France, History of Religion, Gender and Sexuality, History of Modern Europe, Political History