Title: Manliness and Civilization
First published: 1995
Description: In turn-of-the-century America, cultural ideals of manhood changed profoundly, as Victorian notions of self-restrained, moral manliness were challenged by ideals of an aggressive, overtly sexualized masculinity. Bederman traces this shift in values and shows how it brought together two seemingly contradictory ideals: the unfettered virility of racially "primitive" men and the refined superiority of "civilized" white men. Focusing on the lives and works of four very different Americans—Theodore Roosevelt, educator G. Stanley Hall, Ida B. Wells, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman—she illuminates the ideological, cultural, and social interests these ideals came to serve.
Subjects: Civilization, History, Masculinity, Race relations, Sex role, White supremacy movements, gender studies, United states, history, United states, race relations, Gender Identity, Men, Psychology, Rôle selon le sexe, Histoire, Masculinité, Relations raciales, Civilisation, 15.85 history of America, Ethnische Beziehungen, Geschlechterrolle, Männlichkeit, Sekseverschillen, Rassenverhoudingen, Geschlechtsrolle, Mann, Rassismus, Ethnische Beziehung, Zivilisation, HISTÓRIA CULTURAL, RELAÇÕES ÉTNICAS (HISTÓRIA), GÊNEROS (GRUPOS SOCIAIS) (HISTÓRIA), MASCULINIDADE, Race, 1880-1917, Rassenbeziehung, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
Places: United States
People: Theodore Roosevelt, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ida B. Wells, Jack Johnson
Time periods: Late 1800s, early 1900s
LC classification: HQ1075.5.U6 B43 1995