Masculine identities : the history and meanings of manliness / Herbert Sussman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sussman, Herbert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--History.

Masculinity.

History.

Men--History.

Men.

Physical Description:

185 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif : Praeger, [2012]

Summary:

Sussman (English, Northeastern U.) surveys the varied meanings of "being a man" at different times and places in history and the masculine identities that have emerged from the past, focusing on the warrior, the democratic man, the craftsman, the self-made man of business, and ethnic forms of manliness in African American and Jewish-American communities, as well as contemporary issues of male sexuality and same-sex identity. He also considers the sex/gender distinction, essenitalism versus social construction, and the two-sex model and masculinity. A glossary and bibliography are provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Man as warrior

Athens and the emergence of democratic man

The craftsman

Economic man and the rise of the middle class

I am a man : African-American masculine identities

Jewish-American masculine identities

Same-sex desire and masculine identity

Conclusion : masculine identities now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313391590

0313391599

9780313391606

0313391602

OCLC:

745980504