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Title Manly traditions : the folk roots of American masculinities / edited by Simon J. Bronner ; with an afterword by Alan Dundes.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  398.35 M315 2005    ---  Available
Description xxv, 383 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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. Cantu -- 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 -- Circuit: gay men's techniques of ecstasy / Mickey Weems -- 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.
Subject Men -- United States -- Folklore.
Masculinity -- United States -- Folklore.
Men in popular culture -- United States.
Masculinity in popular culture -- United States.
Added Author Bronner, Simon J.
ISBN 0253217814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253346134 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253346131 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253217813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 276229029
YDXCP 2233891
YDXCP 2233890
NZ1 9253856

 
    
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