Nationalism and sexuality: middle-class morality and sexual norms in Modern Europe

George L. Mosse’s book, Nationalism and Sexuality: Middle-Class Morality and Sexual Norms in Modern Europe, firstly published in 1985, is still considered a classic, and this last edition starts with “a critical introduction” by Mary Louise Roberts (ix). This critical introduction emphasizes the main findings of the book and why this book is still important in the nationalism studies. Mosse’s research demonstrates intrinsic relations between nationalism and the notion of respect- ability. Mosse defines respectability as “bourgeois set of norms defining proper behavior for men and women” (ix); therefore, demonstration of hegemony of the nationalist ideas and doctrines over human bodies in the modern Europe is the main aim of the book.