Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Simon J. Bronner
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Folklore
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780253217813
- ISBN-10
- 0253217814
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities
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ISBN: 0253217814
Author: Bronner, Simon J.
Condition: New
Take this test. You think today's sensitive, caring man is: (a) a myth, (b) an oxymoron, or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor, its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men.Men's "manly" traditions have been shaken in an age of "sensitivity." Some observers have even referred to a crisis of masculinity for a new generation of boys. In Manly Traditions, established scholars in the fields of folklore, men's studies, and gender studies identify the folkloric roots of what it means to be a man in America. In a lively volume they examine the traditions men inherit and adapt for their own purposes in contemporary life.
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