Meanings for manhood : constructions of masculinity in Victorian America / edited by Mark C. Carnes and Clyde Griffen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950-

Griffen, Clyde, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--United States--History--19th century.

Men.

Masculinity--History--19th century.

Masculinity.

History.

Men--United States--Psychology--History--19th century.

Psychology.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 281 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Summary:

The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid- to late- nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this important collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-272) and index.

ISBN:

0226093646

0226093654

OCLC:

21195259