Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity

by Gary Cross and Gary S. Cross

Book Overview

Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage , and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character--the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood. When did maturity become the ultimate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023114430X
• ISBN13: 9780231144308
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher