The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities

Author:   Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791463390


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 March 2005
Format:   Hardback
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The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities


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A collection of historical articles and essays by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.

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Author:   Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780791463390


ISBN 10:   0791463397
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 March 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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"Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Invisible Masculinity American Masculinities 2 Born to Run: Fantasies of Male Escape from Rip Van Winkle to Robert Bly 3 Consuming Manhood: The Feminization of American Culture and the Recreation of the Male Body, 1832--1920 4 Baseball and the Reconstitution of American Masculinity, 1880--1920 5 Men's Responses to Feminism at the Turn of the Century 6 The Cult of Masculinity: American Social Character and the Legacy of the Cowboy 7 From ""Conscience and Common Sense"" to ""Feminism for Men"": Pro-Feminist Men's Rhetoric of Support for Women's Equality British Masculinities 8 From Lord and Master to Cuckold and Fop: Masculinity in 17th-Century England Mundus Foppensis and The Levellers 9 ""Greedy Kisses"" and ""Melting Extasy"": Notes on the Homosexual World of Early 18th-Century England as Found in Love Letters Between a certain late Nobleman and the famous Mr. Wilson Love Letters Between a certain late Nobleman and the famous Mr. Wilson ... Notes References Index"

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Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He has written and edited many books, including The Gender of Desire: Essays on Male Sexuality, also published by SUNY Press, and The Gendered Society, Second Edition. He is also the editor of Men and Masculinities, a leading journal in the field.

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