Image of Man - The Creation of Modern Masculinity

Zusatztext his points emerge with the special authority of an eye-witness and a courageous, thoughtful survivor. Informationen zum Autor George L. Mosse is Bascom-Weinstein Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is Koebner Professor of History Emeritus at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Klappentext Paperback edition of this exploration of masculinity. Zusammenfassung This is the first historical account of the masculine stereotype as it evolved in modern Western culture. It shows how 20th-century fascism gave the manly ideal its extreme expression -- in mass rallies that glorified the storm trooper while attacking such `unmanly men' as Jews and homosexuals.

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• Authors: George Mosse, George (Bascom-Weinstein Professor of Histo Mosse, George (Bascom-Weinstein Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Mosse, George L. Mosse
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.1999
• EAN: 9780195126600
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512660-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality; Studies in the History of Sexuality
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories