Primary Sources: Gender & Sexuality in America: Masculinity & Men

The Erotic Diaries of Philip C. Van Buskirk, 1851-1870

Designed as a companion to The Young Man's Guide

A collection of articles, some of which are primary source materials.

: Instructions for Proper Male Behavior from Classroom Films of the 1940s-'70s

"An exploration of "what it means to be a black man in America ... [confronting] issues of race, and racism, through the lens of gender, probing deep within the traditional American ideals of manhood in order to draw out the complex and often ambivalent nature of black male identity"--Container."

A complete file of the weekly letters sent to men students from September 1935 to June 1941.

"In this highly anticipated update of the influential and widely acclaimed Tough Guise, pioneering anti-violence educator and cultural theorist Jackson Katz argues that the ongoing epidemic of men's violence in America is rooted in our inability as a society to move beyond outmoded ideals of manhood."

"Looks systematically at the relationship between the images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the end of the 20th century. Jackson Katz argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution (e.g., rugged individualism, violence) come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men."

A Manual of Politeness, Intellectual Improvement, and Moral Deportment