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Manhood in the making : cultural concepts of masculinity

David D. Gilmore (Author)
Explores the question "what does it mean to b̀e a man' om different cultures around the world?" A cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status
Print Book, English, 1990
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1990
Cross-cultural studies
xiii, 258 pages ; 22 cm
9780300046465, 9780300050769, 0300046464, 0300050763
20168281
The manhood puzzle
Performative excellence: circum-Mediterranean
Looking for manhood: Truk Island
Performance anxiety: Mehinaku
Interlude: other men, other manhoods
Markers to manhood: Samburu
Rites of manhood: Sambia
Action and ambiguity: East and South Asia
Exceptions: Tahiti and Semai