Brutes in suits : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / John Pettegrew.
Brutes in suits : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / John Pettegrew.
Brutes in suits : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / John Pettegrew.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
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N305.31/ 60
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English
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Physical content
xi, 409 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the de-evolutionary turn in U.S. masculinity -- 1. Rugged individualism -- 2. Brute fictions -- 3. College football -- 4. War in the head -- 5. Laws of sexual selection -- Epilogue : irony, instinct, and war.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"A major re-synthesis of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century manhood, Brutes in Suits develops ambitious lines of research into the social science of sexual difference and professional history's celebration of rugged individualism; the hunting-and-killing genre of popular men's literature; that master text of hypermasculinity: college foot...
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Brutes in suits : male sensibility in America, 1890-1920 / John Pettegrew.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N305.31/ 60
Record Identifier
74VKRgjPo4ll
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9780801886034 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801886031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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305.31
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991023190319702626
