Image of Man The Creation of Modern Masculinity

Name: Image of Man The Creation of Modern Masculinity
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ISBN: 9780195126600

ISBN-10: 0195126602

ISBN-13: 9780195126600

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: George L. Mosse

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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…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.19" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Introduction: The Masculine Stereotype



Setting the Standard



Getting There



The Countertype



Masculinity in Crisis: The Decadence



Warriors and Socialists



The Normal Society of Men



The New Fascist Man



Toward a New Masculinity?


Notes


Index