TY - BOOK ID - 134262358 TI - Manhood in America : a cultural history PY - 2018 SN - 9780190612535 9780190612542 PB - New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Men KW - Masculinity KW - Psychology. KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134262358 AB - For more than three decades, the women's movement and its scholars have exhaustively studied women's complex history, roles, and struggles. In Manhood in America: A Cultural History, Fourth Edition, author Michael Kimmel argues that it is time for men to rediscover their own evolution. Drawing on a myriad of sources, he demonstrates that American men have been eternally frustrated by their efforts to keep up with constantly changing standards. Kimmelcontends that men must follow the lead of the women's movement; it is only by mining their past for its best qualities and worst excesses that men will free themselves from the constraints of the masculine ideal ER -