The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930 (Volume 1997) (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)

In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we now take to be the traditional model of the heterosexual male.. "Inherently interesting. . . . Exhibitionism, pornography, and deception all have their place here." - Library Journal. "An appealing wealth of evidence of what trials can reveal about the boundaries of men's roles around the turn of the century." - Kirkus Reviews. "It is difficult to imagine a better guide to the most notorious scandals of our great-grandparents' day." - Graham Rosenstock, Lambda Book Report