Manly Traditions

<p>Take this test. You think today's sensitive caring man is: (a) a myth (b) an oxymoron or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men. <br /><br />Men's manly traditions have been shaken in an age of sensitivity. Some observers have even referred to a crisis of masculinity for a new generation of boys. In Manly Traditions established scholars in the fields of folklore men's studies and gender studies identify the folkloric roots of what it means to be a man in America. In a lively volume they examine the traditions men inherit and adapt for their own purposes in contemporary life.</p>