Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France : the Flamidien Affair / by Timothy Verhoeven.
2018
DC1-DC947
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Title
Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France : the Flamidien Affair / by Timothy Verhoeven.
Author
Verhoeven, Timothy, author.
ISBN
9783319744797
3319744798
9783319744780 (print)
331974478X
9783319744803 (print)
3319744801
9783030090029 (print)
3030090027
3319744798
9783319744780 (print)
331974478X
9783319744803 (print)
3319744801
9783030090029 (print)
3030090027
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XI, 122 pages 7 illustrations) : online resource
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10.1007/978-3-319-74479-7 doi
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DC1-DC947
Dewey Decimal Classification
944
Summary
This book explores a vital though long-neglected clash between republicans and Catholics that rocked fin-de-siècle France. At its heart was a mysterious and shocking crime. In Lille in 1899, the body of twelve-year-old Gaston Foveaux was discovered in a school run by a Catholic congregation, the Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes. When his teacher, Frère Flamidien, was charged with sexual assault and murder, a local crime became a national scandal. The Flamidien Affair shows that masculinity was a critical site of contest in the War of Two Frances pitting republicans against Catholics. For republicans, Flamidien's vow of chastity as well as his overwrought behaviour during the investigation made him the target of suspicion; Catholics in turn constructed a rival vision of masculinity to exonerate the accused brother. Both sides drew on the Dreyfus Affair to make their case.
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Genders and sexualities in history.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Gaston Foveaux: Lille and the War of Two Frances
3. Charles Delalé: Republicans, celibacy and the performance of masculinity.- 4. Dr Castiaux: Legal medicine, pederasty and effeminacy at the fin-de-siècle
5. Cyr: Catholic masculinity and the defence of Frère Flamidien
6. Les Flamidiens/Les Dreyfus: the School Question and Collective Guilt
7. Émile Zola: "Vérité" and the aftermath of the Affair
Index.
2. Gaston Foveaux: Lille and the War of Two Frances
3. Charles Delalé: Republicans, celibacy and the performance of masculinity.- 4. Dr Castiaux: Legal medicine, pederasty and effeminacy at the fin-de-siècle
5. Cyr: Catholic masculinity and the defence of Frère Flamidien
6. Les Flamidiens/Les Dreyfus: the School Question and Collective Guilt
7. Émile Zola: "Vérité" and the aftermath of the Affair
Index.