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Jolly Fellows: Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America
Richard Stott
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Description for Jolly Fellows: Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America
Hardback. Jolly Fellows proposes a new interpretation of nineteenth-century American culture and society and will inform future work on masculinity during this period. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
"Jolly fellows," a term that gained currency in the nineteenth century, referred to those men whose more colorful antics included brawling, heavy drinking, gambling, and playing pranks. Reforms, especially the temperance movement, stigmatized such behavior, but pockets of jolly fellowship continued to flourish throughout the country. Richard Stott scrutinizes and analyzes this behavior to appreciate its origins and meaning. Stott finds that male behavior could be strikingly similar in diverse locales, from taverns and boardinghouses to college campuses and sporting events. He explores the permissive attitudes that thrived in such male domains as the streets of New York City, California ... Read more
"Jolly fellows," a term that gained currency in the nineteenth century, referred to those men whose more colorful antics included brawling, heavy drinking, gambling, and playing pranks. Reforms, especially the temperance movement, stigmatized such behavior, but pockets of jolly fellowship continued to flourish throughout the country. Richard Stott scrutinizes and analyzes this behavior to appreciate its origins and meaning. Stott finds that male behavior could be strikingly similar in diverse locales, from taverns and boardinghouses to college campuses and sporting events. He explores the permissive attitudes that thrived in such male domains as the streets of New York City, California ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Gender Relations in the American Experience
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891373
SKU
V9780801891373
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About Richard Stott
Richard Stott is an associate professor of American history at George Washington University and author of Workers in the Metropolis: Class, Ethnicity and Youth in Antebellum New York City.
Reviews for Jolly Fellows: Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America
A fascinating exploration of the relationship between a powerful cultural symbol and those who embodied it, and of the challenges involved in extracting the latter from the former.
Elaine Frantz Parsons American Historical Review 2010 A valuable addition to the history of American masculinities.
Brian Roberts Western Historical Quarterly 2011
Elaine Frantz Parsons American Historical Review 2010 A valuable addition to the history of American masculinities.
Brian Roberts Western Historical Quarterly 2011