The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity

What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has...
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Author: George L. Mosse
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The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity by Mosse, George L.

The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity

$248.58

The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity

$248.58
Author: George L. Mosse
Format: Paperback
Language: English
What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has our notion of masculinity changed over the years? 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 studies the key historical roles of the so-called "fairer sex" (women) and "unmanly
men" (Jews and homosexuals) in defining and maintaining the male stereotype, and considers the possible erosion of that stereotype in our own time.


Author: George L. Mosse
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/08/1998
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.50w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780195126600

About the Author

The late George L. Mosse was Bascom-Weinstein Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and also Koebner Professor of History Emeritus at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He wrote many highly regarded books, including Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars (Oxford University Press, 1990).



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