| Description |
xvi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Themes and theses of men's studies / Harry Brod -- 1. Overviews -- The theory of male sex-role identity : its rise and fall, 1936 to the present / Joseph H. Pleck -- The case for men's studies / Harry Brod -- Toward a new sociology of masculinity / Tom Carrigan, Bob Connell, John Lee -- II. History and danger -- The secrets of men's history / Peter Filene -- The contemporary "crisis" of masculinity in historical perspective / Michael S. Kimmel -- Surviving the institutional decimation of Black males : causes, consequences, and intervention / Clyde W. Franklin II -- III. Work and play -- The male career code and the ideology of role / Richard L. Ochberg -- The meaning of success : the athletic experience and the development of male identity / Michael Messner -- IV. Social and biological bonding -- The bonds of men : problems and possibilities in close male relationships / Drury Sherrod -- Gilgamesh and the Sundance Kid : the myth of male friendship / Dorothy Hammond and Alta Jablow -- Biologic influences on masculinity / Perry Treadwell -- V. Literary passions -- Rereading American literature from a men's studies perspective : some implications / James D. Riemer -- Howells, Stoddard, and male homosocial attachment in Victorian America / John W. Crowley -- Byron and male love : the classical tradition / Louis Crompton |
| Analysis |
Masculinity (Psychology) |
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Masculinity - Sociological perspectives |
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Men |
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Men's Studies |
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Sex Role |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- United States.
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Men -- United States.
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Masculinity.
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Men's studies -- United States.
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Sex role -- United States.
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| Author |
Brod, Harry, 1951-
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| LC no. |
86028796 |
| ISBN |
0044970358 (alk. paper) |
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0044970366 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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(paperback) |
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