Manhood in America : a cultural history

Kimmel, Michael S. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780199781553 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0199781559 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0195181131 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195181135 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xi, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : toward a history of manhood in America -- Ch. 1. birth of the self-made man -- Ch. 2. Born to run : self-control and fantasies of escape -- Ch. 3. Men at work : captains of industry, white collars, and the faceless crowd -- Ch. 4. Playing for keeps : masculinity as recreation and the re-creation of masculinity -- Ch. 5. room of his own : socializing the new man -- Ch. 6. Muscles, money, and the M-F test : measuring masculinity between the wars -- Ch. 7. "Temporary about myself" : white-collar conformists and suburban playboys, 1945-1960 -- Ch. 8. masculine mystique -- Ch. 9. Wimps, whiners, and weekend warriors : the contemporary crisis of masculinity and beyond -- Ch. 10. From anxiety to anger since the 1990s : the "self-made man" becomes "angry white men" -- Epilogue : toward democratic manhood.