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Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity

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Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity - Gilmore, David D, Professor
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What 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, ...

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Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity 1991, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300050769

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Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity 1990, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT

ISBN-13: 9780300046465

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