The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity (Studies in the History of Sexuality)

by George Mosse (Author)

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  1999

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  What does it mean to be a man? This text examines the manly stereotype, which stresses courage, moral restraint and athletic comportment, which has become representative of normative modern society. The role of women and the unmanly men in maintaining the stereotype and its erosion is studied.