Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities

By: Bronner, Simon J.

Book Overview

Take this test. You think today's sensitive, caring man is: (a) a myth, (b) an oxymoron, or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor, its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men.

Men's "manly" traditions have been shaken in an age of "sensitivity." Some observers have even referred to a crisis of masculinity for a new generation of boys. In Manly Traditions, established scholars in the fields of folklore, men's studies, and gender studies identify the folkloric roots of what it means to be a man in America. In a lively volume they examine the traditions men inherit and adapt for their own purposes in contemporary life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253217814
• ISBN13: 9780253217813
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher