Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life

Book Overview

Rural masculinity is hardly a typical topic for a book. There is something unexpected, faintly disturbing, even humorous about investigating that which has long been seen and yet so often overlooked. But the ways in which we think about and socially organize masculinity are of great significance in the lives of both men and women. In Country Boys we also see that masculinity is no less significant in rural life than in urban life. The essays in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028750
• ISBN13: 9780271028750
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"