02798nam 2200637Ia 450 991079146380332120230725015729.01-282-79641-097866127964180-231-51311-9(CKB)2560000000050104(EBL)908591(OCoLC)826476352(SSID)ssj0000485858(PQKBManifestationID)11344257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485858(PQKBWorkID)10430311(PQKB)10936494(MiAaPQ)EBC908591(Au-PeEL)EBL908591(CaPaEBR)ebr10419535(CaONFJC)MIL279641(EXLCZ)99256000000005010420100122e20102008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMen to boys[electronic resource] the making of modern immaturity /Gary CrossNew York ;Chichester Columbia University Press20101 online resource (325 p.)Originally published: 2008.0-231-14431-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Where Have All the Men Gone?; Chapter 1. When Fathers Knew Best(or Did They?); Cchapter 2. Living Fast,(Sometimes) Dying Young; Chapter 3. Talking About My Generation; Chapter 4. My Generation Becomes the Pepsi Generation; Chapter 5. New Stories, New Rebels; Chapter 6. Endless Thrills; Chapter 7. Life Beyond Pleasure Island; Acknowledgments; Notes; IndexAdam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character& mdash;the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood. When did maturity become the ultimate taboo? Men have gone from idolizing Cary Grant to aping Hugh Grant, shunning marriage and responsiMenUnited StatesMen in popular cultureUnited StatesMasculinityUnited StatesMenUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMasculinityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMenMen in popular cultureMasculinityMenHistoryMasculinityHistory305.310973Cross Gary S128517MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791463803321Men to boys3703515UNINA