The Cultural Myth of Masculinity
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: July 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780275979904
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; General; Men's Studies - Masculinity; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Sociology - General; History; Masculinity; Men; Social conditions; Socialization
First sentence: In this chapter, we explore the prototypal roots of Western masculinity, the warrior and then the ruling aristocracy in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) culture.