Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American MasculinitiesTake this test. You think today's sensitive, caring man is: (a) a myth, (b) an oxymoron, or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor, its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men. Men's "manly" traditions have been shaken in an age of "sensitivity." Some observers have even referred to a crisis of masculinity for a new generation of boys. In Manly Traditions, established scholars in the fields of folklore, men's studies, and gender studies identify the folkloric roots of what it means to be a man in America. In a lively volume they examine the traditions men inherit and adapt for their own purposes in contemporary life. |
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Inhalt
Acknowledgements | ix |
Introduction | xi |
Menfolk | 1 |
Manly Displays and Performances | 59 |
In the Company of Men Female Accommodation and the Folk Culture of Male Groups | 61 |
Running the Yard The Negotiation of Masculinities in African American Stepping | 77 |
Muy Macho Traditional Practices in the Formation of Latino Masculinity in South Texas Border Culture | 116 |
Performing Manliness Resistance and Harmony in Japanese American Taiko | 134 |
The Folklore of MotherRaised Boys and Men jay mechling | 211 |
Be Careful What You Wish For Images of Masculinity in Tragedies of Wish Fulfillment | 228 |
Manly Characters in Contemporary Legends A Preliminary Survey | 247 |
Mountain Masculinity Jokes Southern Mountain Men Tell on Themselves | 261 |
Secret Erections and Sexual Fabrications Old Men Crafting Manliness | 274 |
Letting Out Jack Sex and Aggression in Manly Recitations | 315 |
Many Manly Traditions A Folkloristic Maelstrom | 351 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 365 |
I Feel That Im Freer to Show My Feminine Side Folklore and Alternative Masculinities in a Rave Scene | 157 |
The Circuit Gay Mens Techniques of Ecstasy | 171 |
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| Titel | Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities |
| Autor/in | Alan Dundes |
| Herausgeber | Simon J. Bronner |
| Mitwirkende Personen | Alan Dundes |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | Indiana University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0253217814, 9780253217813 |
| Länge | 383 Seiten |
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