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Guyland : the perilous world where boys become men
- Title
- Guyland : the perilous world where boys become men / Michael Kimmel.
- Author
- Kimmel, Michael S.
- Publication
- New York : Harper, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 08-7428 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xviii, 332 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- A leading authority in gender studies profiles American males between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, offering insight into their belief systems, relationships, and preferences, in a report that also discusses the sources of violent and deviant behaviors. By the author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History.
- Subject
- Note
- "Understanding the critical years between 16 and 26"--Jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291-316]) and index.
- Contents
- Welcome to Guyland -- "What's the rush?" : Guyland as a new stage of development -- "Bros before hos" : the guy code -- High school : boot camp for Guyland -- The rites of almost-men : binge drinking, fraternity hazing, and the elephant walk -- Sports crazy -- Boys and their toys : Guyland's media -- Babes in Boyland : pornography -- Hooking up : sex in Guyland -- Predatory sex and party rape -- Girls in Guyland : eyes on the guys -- "Just guys"
- Call Number
- JFE 08-7428
- ISBN
- 9780060831349 :
- 0060831340 :
- OCLC
- 191930276
- Author
- Kimmel, Michael S.
- Title
- Guyland : the perilous world where boys become men / Michael Kimmel.
- Imprint
- New York : Harper, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291-316]) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-7428