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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457958803321

Autore

Sussman Herbert L

Titolo

Masculine identities [[electronic resource] ] : the history and meanings of manliness / / Herbert Sussman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif, : Praeger, c2012

ISBN

1-280-56928-X

9786613598882

0-313-39160-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

305.31

Soggetti

Masculinity - History

Men - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Man as warrior -- Athens and the emergence of democratic man -- The craftsman -- Economic man and the rise of the middle class -- I am a man : African-American masculine identities -- Jewish-American masculine identities -- Same-sex desire and masculine identity -- Conclusion : masculine identities now.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an intriguing look at the long history of the changing definitions of what it means to ""be a man,"" identifying both the continuity and disparity in these ideals and explaining the contemporary crisis of masculinity.