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The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity
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1997
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Modern MasculinityMasculine StereotypeQueer PoliticsHomosexualityEducationQueer TheoryExtreme ExpressionContemporary CultureMasculinitySocial SciencesSexual CulturesGender IdentityGender TheoryGender StudiesAfrican American StudiesModern Western CultureSexismIntersectionalityFeminist TheoryGender StereotypeMasculinity StudiesSexuality StudiesMen's Study
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.