Sexing the Citizen
Morality and Masculinity in France, 1870-1920
by Judith Surkis
277 pages· 2006· ISBN 9780801444647
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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.
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