The history of men : essays in the history of American and British masculinities / Michael S. Kimmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kimmel, Michael S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--United States.

Men.

Men--Great Britain.

Masculinity--United States.

Masculinity.

Masculinity--Great Britain.

Sex role--United States.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection, one of the world's leading scholars in the field of masculinity studies explores the historical construction of American and British masculinities. Tracing the emergence of American and British masculinities, the forms they have taken, and their development over time, Michael S. Kimmel analyzes the various ways that the ideology of masculinity—the cultural meaning of manhood—has been shaped by the course of historical events, and, in turn, how ideas about masculinity have also served to shape those historical events. He also considers newly emerging voices of previously marginalized groups such as women, the working class, people of color, gay men, and lesbians to explore the marginalized and de-centered notions of masculinity and the political processes and dynamics that have enabled this marginalization to occur.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Invisible Masculinity

American Masculinities

Born to Run

Consuming Manhood

Baseball and the Reconstitution of American Masculinity, 1880–1920

Men’s Responses to Feminism at the Turn of the Century

The Cult of Masculinity

From “Conscience and Common Sense” to “Feminism for Men”

British Masculinities

From Lord and Master to Cuckold and Fop

Mundus Foppensis and the Levellers

“Greedy Kisses” and “Melting Extasy”

Love Letters Between a certain late Nobleman And the famous Mr. Wilson Discovering The True History of the Rise and surprising Grandeur of that celebrated Beau Printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul London, 1745 (originally published, 1723)

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.

ISBN:

9780791483824

0791483827

9781423743767

1423743768

OCLC:

808346449