
Male Bonds in Nineteenth-Century Art
Edited by Thijs Dekeukeleire, Henk De Smaele, and Marjan Sterckx
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Masculinities
in nineteenth-century art through the lens of gender and queer history
Male bonds were omnipresent in nineteenth-century European artistic
scenes, impacting the creation, presentation, and reception of art in decisive
ways. Men’s lives and careers bore the marks of their relations with other men.
Yet, such male bonds are seldom acknowledged for what they are: gendered and historically
determined social constructs. This volume shines a critical light on male
homosociality in the arts of the long nineteenth century by combining art
history with the insights of gender and queer history. From this
interdisciplinary perspective, the contributing authors present case studies of men’s relationships in a variety of contexts, which range from the Hungarian
Reform Age to the Belgian fin de siècle. As a whole, the book offers a
historicizing survey of the male bonds that underpinned nineteenth-century art
and a thought-provoking reflection on its theoretical and methodological
implications.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Thijs Dekeukeleire, Marjan Sterckx, Henk de Smaele
Bonds, bounds, and beyond
Part I: Familial bonds: Mediating masculine intimacy
“Les Stevens!”
Tom Verschaffel
Brothers-in-law of the brush
Rachel Sloan
The prodigal son revisited
Part II: Coercive bonds: Disciplining the male body
Alliances of virtue
Bazille, painter-Zouave
Mary Manning
Undressing the army
Sean Kramer
Part III: Covert bonds: Queering the nineteenth-century man
Raphael, Jonah, and Antinoüs
Crawford Alexander Mann III
Mystical manhood
Brigid M. Boyle
Men and models of the city
Patrik Steorn
Part IV: Forged bonds: Competing for each other’s attention
Dressing the part
Anthea Callen
Everybody’s darling
Thomas Moser
The struggle is real
Thijs Dekeukeleire
Format: Edited volume - paperback
Size: 230 × 170 × 16 mm
320 pages
ISBN: 9789462702813
Publication: January 10, 2022
Languages: English
Stock item number: 146007
Marjan Sterckx is associate professor of art history at Ghent University.
Thijs Dekeukeleire is an independent scholar who obtained his PhD in art history and history from Ghent University and the University of Antwerp.