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100 1 $aKimmel, Michael S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86100087
245 10 $aManhood in America :$ba cultural history /$cby Michael Kimmel.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axiii, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 483-532) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Toward a History of Manhood in America --$gPt. 1.$tThe Making of the Self-Made Man in America, 1776-1865.$g1.$tThe Birth of the Self-Made Man.$g2.$tBorn to Run: Self-Control and Fantasies of Escape --$gPt. 2.$tThe Unmaking of the Self-Made Man at the Turn of the Century.$g3.$tMen at Work: Captains of Industry, White Collars, and the Faceless Crowd.$g4.$tPlaying for Keeps: Masculinity as Recreation and the Re-creation of Masculinity.$g5.$tA Room of His Own: Socializing the New Man --$gPt. 3.$tThe New Man in a New Century, 1920-1950.$g6.$tMuscles, Money, and the M-F Test: Measuring Masculinity Between the Wars.$g7.$t"Temporary About Myself": White-Collar Conformists and Suburban Playboys, 1945-1960 --$gPt. 4.$tThe Contemporary "Crisis" of Masculinity.$g8.$tThe Masculine Mystique.$g9.$tWimps, Whiners, and Weekend Warriors: The Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity and Beyond.$tEpilogue: Toward Democratic Manhood --$tAppendix: Attitude-Interest Analysis Test.
520 $aIn a time when psychologists are rediscovering Darwin, and much of our social behavioral is being reduced to ancient, hard-wired patterns, Michael Kimmel's history of manhood in America comes as a much needed reminder that our behavior as men and women is anything but stable and fixed.
520 8 $aKimmel's authoritative, entertaining, and wide-ranging history of men in America demonstrates that manhood has meant very different things in different eras. Drawing on advice books, magazines, political pamphlets, and popular novels and films, he makes two surprising claims: First, manhood is homosocial - that is, men need to prove themselves to each other, not to women. Second, definitions of manliness have evolved in response to women's movements. When women act, men react.
520 8 $aOriginally, manliness was an internal virtue and a democratic ideal - British men were viewed as fops, and American men had to be independent, honest, and responsible. By the 1890s, however, manhood changed to masculinity, something that had to be constantly proven through the new explosion of sports, fraternities, and fashion. Finally, in 1936, Lewis Terman, the creator of the IQ test, developed an "M-F" test to analyze adolescents' masculinity and femininity.
520 8 $aUntil well into the 1960s, the test penalized boys who preferred to draw flowers instead of forests, or who knew that a teacup was used for drinking tea. But just as Terman's categories and questions seem outdated to us, so will our own standards seem temporary to our successors.
650 0 $aMen$zUnited States$xPsychology.
650 0 $aMasculinity$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107270
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