Meanings for Manhood
Author | : Mark C. Carnes |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1990-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226093659 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226093654 |
Rating | : 4/5 (654 Downloads) |
Download or read book Meanings for Manhood written by Mark C. Carnes and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-10-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid- to late- nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this important collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men.