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Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siecle France - The Flamidien Affair (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Sexual Crime, Religion and Masculinity in fin-de-siecle France - The Flamidien Affair (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Genders and Sexualities in History
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This book explores a vital though long-neglected clash between
republicans and Catholics that rocked fin-de-siecle 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 Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes.
When his teacher, Frere 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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