Bibliograph

Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France, The Flamidien Affair, by Timothy Verhoeven

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Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France, The Flamidien Affair, by Timothy Verhoeven

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1029093364

Responsibility statement

by Timothy Verhoeven

Series statement

Springer eBooks.Genders and Sexualities in History

Sub title

The Flamidien Affair

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. .--, Provided by publisher

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

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