The History Of Men: Essays On The History Of American And British Masculinities

by Kimmel, Michael S.

• ISBN13: 9780791463406
• ISBN10: 0791463400
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-30
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

A collection of historical articles and essays by a pioneer in the developing field of masculinity studies.

Table of Contents

Invisible masculinity	p. 3
Born to run : fantasies of male escape from Rip Van Winkle to Robert Bly	p. 19
Consuming manhood : the feminization of American culture and the recreation of the male body, 1832-1920	p. 37
Baseball and the reconstitution of American masculinity, 1880-1920	p. 61
Men's responses to feminism at the turn of the century	p. 73
The cult of masculinity : American social character and the legacy of the cowboy	p. 91
From "conscience and common sense" to "feminism for men" : pro-feminist men's rhetoric of support for women's equality	p. 105
From lord and master to cuckold and fop : masculinity in 17th-century England	p. 125
Mundus Foppensis and The levellers	p. 143
"Greedy kisses" and "melting extasy" : notes on the homosexual world of early 18th-century England as found in Love letters between a certain late nobleman and the famous Mr. Wilson	p. 191
Love letters between a certain late nobleman and the famous Mr. Wilson ...	p. 197
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