Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siècle France: The Flamidien Affair
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 Frè...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cham
Palgrave Pivot
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Genders and Sexualities in History
SpringerLink Bücher Springer eBook Collection History |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Sexual crime
/ Religion
/ Masculinity
/ History 1890-1910
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion
History
B France History B World Politics B Gender Identity B History B Europe History—1492- |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Printed edition: 9783319744780 |
| 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. 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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| ISBN: | 3319744798 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74479-7 |