Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity by David D. Gilmore

Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity

David D. Gilmore

272 pages 1990

2 editions

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 agg...

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