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State Organisations and Men’s Sexuality in the Public Domain 1870–1920

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State, Private Life and Political Change

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In this chapter I wish to draw together some of the changing historical connections between the modern development of state organisations, that is, organisations that are part of the state, and of men’s sexuality in the public domain. Discussion will focus on events from 1870 to 1920, a period of immense social change, yet paradoxically that which forms the bedrock of contemporary experience.

This chapter is a development of the Edinburgh Conference paper (Hearn, 1988). Related papers have also been given in the Sociology Departments of Birmingham Polytechnic (November 1987) and York University (January 1988). I am grateful to participants at these sessions, and to Helen Corr and Lynn Jamieson, for their critical and helpful comments.

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  1. University of Edinburgh, UK

    Lynn Jamieson (Lecturer in Sociology) (Lecturer in Sociology)

  2. University of Edinburgh, UK

    Helen Corr (Research Fellow in Sociology) (Research Fellow in Sociology)

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Hearn, J. (1990). State Organisations and Men’s Sexuality in the Public Domain 1870–1920. In: Jamieson, L., Corr, H. (eds) State, Private Life and Political Change. Explorations in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20707-7_4

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