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.