Title Before Wilde : sex between men in Britain's age of reform / Charles Upchurch

Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) Contents Families and sex between men -- Class, masculinity, and spaces -- Law and reform in the 1820s -- Public men : the metropolitan police -- Unnatural-assault reporting in the London press -- Patterns within the changes -- Conclusion: Character and medicine Summary This title examines changing perceptions of sex between men in early Victorian Britain, a significant yet surprisingly little explored period in the history of Western sexuality Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Gay men -- Great Britain -- History Gay men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions Men -- Sexual behavior -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Sex -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. Gay men Gay men -- Social conditions Homosexuality Men -- Sexual behavior Sex Social conditions SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056819 Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056943 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008034391 ISBN 9780520943582 0520943589 9780520258532 0520258533

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