The image of man : the creation of modern masculinity
What does it mean to be a man? 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 st...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press,
1998
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| Schlagworte: | Men Masculinity Machismo |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (240 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | What does it mean to be a man? 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 also studies the important roles of women and the so-called called "unmanly men"--Jews and homosexuals--in maintaining the stereotype, and considers the possible erosion of this stereotype in our own time. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Die Titel wurden vom Anbieter Ciando aus dem Programm genommen, sie stehen nicht mehr zur Verfügung! |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (240 p) ill., facsims., ports |
| ISBN: | 0195126602 9780195126600 9786610471867 661047186X |