Manhood in America
A Cultural History
by Michael Kimmel
4th Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780190612535 |
| eText ISBN | 9780190612542 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 400 |
Manhood in America: A Cultural History, 4th Edition, is a textbook by Michael Kimmel that traces the changing definitions of American masculinity. The text demonstrates that American men have experienced continual frustration while attempting to meet ever-shifting cultural standards.
The volume follows this history from the emergence of the self-made man through industrial transformations, mid-century suburban conformity, and modern debates over male identity.
This fourth edition includes a revised preface that addresses diversity and explores how a straight, white, middle-class standard became the dominant model of American manhood.
Table of Contents
Part I: THE MAKING OF THE SELF-MADE MAN IN AMERICA, 1776-1865
Chapter 1: The Birth of the Self-Made Man
Chapter 2: Born to Run: Self-Control and Fantasies of Escape
Part II: THE UNMAKING OF THE SELF-MADE MAN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Chapter 3: Men at Work: Captains of Industry, White Collars, and the Faceless Crowd
Chapter 4: Playing for Keeps: Masculinity as Recreation and the Re-Creation of Masculinity
Chapter 5: A Room of His Own: Socializing the New Man
Part III: THE NEW MAN IN A NEW CENTURY, 1920-1950
Chapter 6: Muscles, Money, and the M--F Test: Measuring Masculinity Between the Wars
Chapter 7: "Temporary About Myself": White-Collar Conformists and Suburban Playboys, 1945-1960
Part IV: THE CONTEMPORARY "CRISIS" OF MASCULINITY
Chapter 8: The Masculine Mystique
Chapter 9: Wimps, Whiners, and Weekend Warriors: The Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity and Beyond
Chapter 10: From Anxiety to Anger Since the 1990s: The "Self-Made Man" Becomes "Angry White Men"
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