Manhood in the making : cultural concepts of masculinity / David D. Gilmore.

By: Gilmore, David D, 1943-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1990Description: xiii, 258 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0300050763 (pbk.); 9780300050769 (pbk.)Subject(s): Masculinity -- Cross-cultural studies | Machismo -- Cross-cultural studies | Men -- Psychology -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 155.3/32 LOC classification: BF692.5 | .G55 1990
Contents:
1. The manhood puzzle -- 2. Performative excellence : circum-Mediterranean -- 3. Looking for manhood : Truk Island -- 4. Performance anxiety : Mehinaku -- 5. Interlude : other men, other manhoods -- 6. Markers to manhood : Samburu -- 7. Rites of manhood : Sambia -- 8. Action and ambiguity : East and South Asia -- 9. Exceptions : Tahiti and Semai -- 10. Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.

1. The manhood puzzle -- 2. Performative excellence : circum-Mediterranean -- 3. Looking for manhood : Truk Island -- 4. Performance anxiety : Mehinaku -- 5. Interlude : other men, other manhoods -- 6. Markers to manhood : Samburu -- 7. Rites of manhood : Sambia -- 8. Action and ambiguity : East and South Asia -- 9. Exceptions : Tahiti and Semai -- 10. Conclusions.

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