Description: Masculinity in the Modern West : Gender, Civilization and the Body, Paperback by Forth, Christopher E., ISBN 1403912416, ISBN-13 9781403912411, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US What does it mean to be a man? To be manly? How has this changed throughout history? This text examines the manly stereotype, which stresses courage and athletic comportment, which from the eighteenth century onwards became representative of normative modern society. By using the ideal of the "man of action" as a focal point, a wide range of hitherto neglected aspects of the male body are brought to the fore, from styles of bodily comportment and medical concerns about health, energy, and sexuality to more contemporary issues pertaining to body shape, muscularity, athleticism, and age. This book argues that the loudly proclaimed "crisis" of Western manhood has been marked by attempts to compensate for the gap between the historic bodily ideal of manly action and the banalities of material prosperity and conveniences of modern existence.
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Book Title: Masculinity in the Modern West : Gender, Civilization and the Bod
Number of Pages: Xi, 285 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Masculinity in the Modern West : Gender, Civilization and the Body
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Civilization, Men's Studies, Social History, Imperialism, General
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.7 in
Author: Christopher E. Forth
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
