Bavardages et masculinités au xviie siècle

This article concerns the close connection between gossip and the expression of male same-sex desire in seventeenth-century France. Traditionally associated with the negative qualities imputed to women or serving as a covert vehicle for the playing out of social and political rivalries, gossip is he...

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Published inItinéraires no. Numéro inaugural; pp. 91 - 105
Main Author Hammond, Nicholas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
French
Published Pléiade (EA 7338) 01.12.2008
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Summary:This article concerns the close connection between gossip and the expression of male same-sex desire in seventeenth-century France. Traditionally associated with the negative qualities imputed to women or serving as a covert vehicle for the playing out of social and political rivalries, gossip is here shown to have had an important and positive function: affording a space for groups which were not otherwise allowed a voice.
ISSN:2100-1340
2427-920X
DOI:10.4000/itineraires.2211