Umfang:
Online-Ressource (232 p)
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ill
ISBN:
1280471867
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9781280471865
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9780198026150
Serie:
Studies in the history of sexuality
Inhalt:
What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has our notion of masculinity changed over the years? In this book, noted historian George L. Mosse provides the first historical account of the masculine stereotype in modern Western culture, tracing the evolution of the idea of manliness to reveal how it came to embody physical beauty, courage, moral restraint, and a strong will. This stereotype, he finds, originated in the tumultuous changes of the eighteenth century, as Europe's dominant aristocrats grudgingly yielded to the rise of the professional, bureaucratic, and commer
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-217) and index
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""COVER PAGE""; ""TITLE PAGE""; ""COPYRIGHT PAGE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1: INTRODUCTION: THE MASCULINE STEREOTYPE""; ""2: SETTING THE STANDARD""; ""3: GETTING THERE""; ""4: THE COUNTERTYPE""; ""5: MASCULINITY IN CRISIS: THE DECADENCE""; ""6: WARRIORS AND SOCIALISTS""; ""7: THE NORMAL SOCIETY OF MEN""; ""8: THE NEW FASCIST MAN""; ""9: TOWARD A NEW MASCULINITY?""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1280471832
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195126600
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195101010
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Image of Man : The Creation of Modern Masculinity
Sprache:
Englisch
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