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Manly traditions : the folk roots of American masculinities

Identifies the folkloric roots of what it means to be a man in America. This volume examines the traditions men inherit and adapt for their own purposes in contemporary life.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2005
Folklore
xxv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780253346131, 9780253217813, 0253346134, 0253217814
58791222
Menfolk / Simon J. Bronner
In the company of men: female accommodation and the folk culture of male groups / Gary Alan Fine
"Running the yard": the negotiation of masculinities in African American stepping / Tom Mould
Muy macho: traditional practices in the formation of Latino masculinity in South Texas border culture / Norma E. Cantú
Performing manliness: resistance and harmony in Japanese American Taiko / Hideyo Konagaya
"I feel that I'm freer to show my feminine side": folklore and alternative masculinities in a rave scene / Anthony P. Avery
The circuit: gay men's techniques of ecstasy / Mickey Weems
The folklore of mother-raised boys and men / Jay Mechling
Be careful what you wish for: images of masculinity in tragedies of wish fulfillment / Greg Kelley
Manly characters in contemporary legends: a preliminary survey / W.F.H. Nicolaisen
Mountain masculinity: jokes Southern mountain men tell on themselves / W.K. McNeil
Secret erections and sexual fabrications: old men crafting manliness / Simon J. Bronner
"Letting out Jack": sex and aggression in manly recitations / Ronald L. Baker and Simon J. Bronner
Afterword
many manly traditions: a folkloristic maelstrom / Alan Dundes