HIST 387 - Manhood in America

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Manhood in America investigates competing models of manhood from the colonial period to the present. Few people realize that Americans have never had a cultural consensus on what it means to be “a man.” This course will investigate the origins of competing models of manhood by examining Native American, European, and African cultures. The course will also examine constructs such as Puritan fatherhood, the Code of Southern Honor, the male bachelor subculture, muscular Christianity, and the Organization Man. The roles of media, economic change, class status and religion in forming and perpetuating manhood models will be investigated.