| The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity Contributor(s): Mosse, George L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195126602 ISBN-13: 9780195126600 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: To be manly, one must be brave, daring, cool under fire, physically strong, honorable, honest, and courteous. Above all, a man must not cry. Even today, many men accept these qualities as defining masculinity. But how did our idea of manliness evolve? This first historical account of the masculine stereotype in modern Western culture shows how it came to be, and how, today, the manly image is being challenged as never before. 23 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - History |
| Dewey: 155.332 |
| LCCN: 95016987 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.5" W x 8.28" (0.55 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
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| Publisher Description: 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 commercial middle classes. Mosse reveals how the new bourgeoisie, faced with a bewildering, rapidly industrialized world, latched onto the knightly ideal of chivalry. He also shows how the rise of universal conscription created a soldierly man as an ideal type. In bringing his examination up to the present, Mosse studies the key historical roles of the so-called fairer sex (women) and unmanly men (Jews and homosexuals) in defining and maintaining the male stereotype, and considers the possible erosion of that stereotype in our own time. |