The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity (Studies in the History of Sexuality) By George L. Mosse
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 1998-10-08 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0195126602 | PDF | 13.8 MB
What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has our notion of masculinity changed over the years? In this book, noted historian George L. Mosse provides the first historical account of the masculine stereotype in modern Western culture, tracing the evolution of the idea of manliness to reveal how it came to embody physical beauty, courage, moral restraint, and a strong will…