LEADER 02793nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910823998403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-9566-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481108 035 $a(EBL)322585 035 $a(OCoLC)476120131 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10131005 035 $a(PQKB)10721909 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC322585 035 $a(OCoLC)320322252 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39404 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL322585 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202561 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522710 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481108 100 $a20031023d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking American boys $eboyology and the feral tale /$fKenneth B. Kidd 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4295-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Boyhood for Beginners: An Introduction; 1. Farming for Boys; 2. Bad Boys and Men of Culture; 3. Wolf-Boys, Street Rats, and the Vanishing Sioux; 4. Father Flanagan's Boys Town; 5. From Freud's Wolf Man to Teen Wolf; 6. Reinventing the Boy Problem; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aWill boys be boys? What are little boys made of? Kenneth B. Kidd responds to these familiar questions with a thorough review of boy culture in America since the late nineteenth century. From the "boy work" promoted by character-building organizations such as Scouting and 4-H to current therapeutic and pop psychological obsessions with children's self-esteem, Kidd presents the great variety of cultural influences on the changing notion of boyhood. Kidd finds that the education and supervision of boys in the United States have been shaped by the collaboration of two seemingly conflictive approac 606 $aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBoys$xBooks and reading$zUnited States 606 $aFeral children in literature 606 $aBoys in literature 615 0$aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBoys$xBooks and reading 615 0$aFeral children in literature. 615 0$aBoys in literature. 676 $a810.9/92826 700 $aKidd$b Kenneth B$0886890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823998403321 996 $aMaking American boys$94062652 997 $aUNINA