Before Wilde : sex between men in Britain's age of reform

Author

Upchurch, Charles, 1969-

Title

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

Format

Book

Published

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Description

xi, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index.

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.

Kinsey subjects

Homosexuality--Male--Great Britain--19th century.
Homosexuality history.
Sex behavior--Great Britain--Male--19th Century.
Status of homosexuals.

ISBN

9780520258532 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520258533 (cloth : alk. paper)