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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300050763
ISBN-139780300050769
eBay Product ID (ePID)97086
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameManhood in the Making : Cultural concepts of Masculinity
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
SubjectMen's Studies, General, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology
AuthorDavid D. Gilmore
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN89-022425
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal155.3/32
SynopsisWhat does it mean to "be a man" in different cultures around the world? Anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores this question in "a provocative, rewarding cross-cultural survey." ( Publishers Weekly ) In the first cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status, anthropologist David D. Gilmore finds that a culturally sanctioned stress on manliness--on toughness and aggressiveness, stoicism and sexuality--is almost universal, deeply ingrained in the consciousness of hunters and fishermen, workers and warriors, poets and peasants who have little else in common., What does it mean to "be a man" in different cultures around the world? In the first cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status, anthropologist David D. Gilmore finds that a culturally sanctioned stress on manliness--on toughness and aggressiveness, stoicism and sexuality--is almost universal, deeply ingrained in the consciousness of hunters and fishermen, workers and warriors, poets and peasants who have little else in common.
LC Classification NumberBF692.5.G55 1990
