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Making American Boys : Boyology and the Feral Tale /

"Will boys be boys? What are little boys made of? Kenneth B. Kidd responds to these familiar questions with a thorough review of boy culture in America since the late nineteenth century. From the "boy work" promoted by character-building organizations such as Scouting and 4-H to curre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kidd, Kenneth B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Will boys be boys? What are little boys made of? Kenneth B. Kidd responds to these familiar questions with a thorough review of boy culture in America since the late nineteenth century. From the "boy work" promoted by character-building organizations such as Scouting and 4-H to current therapeutic and pop psychological obsessions with children's self-esteem, Kidd presents the great variety of cultural influences on the changing notion of boyhood."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780816695669