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Man Enough - Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity
by Frank Pittman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399138196
- ISBN 13
- 9780399138195
- Seller
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Decatur, Alabama, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Assumed first edition with no printing date stated beyond 1993. Hardcover in dust jacket. Unmarked and unblemished throughout. Page edges have light spotting. 12 chapters under these headings: The Obsession Masculinity - Becoming a Man - Being a Man.
Synopsis
How does a boy learn to be a man? A man learns masculinity primarily from his father. But generations of boys who grow up without caring fathers or male mentors to emulate are left to guess what "men" are really like. They rely on cultural icons--larger-than-life images--as models of masculinity. As a result, they grow up mirroring overblown myths of manhood. Obsessed with being "man enough," they become philanderers, controllers, and competitors--constantly overcompensating for their loss of a true role model, yet sorely unprepared for family life. In Man Enough , psychiatrist and family therapist Frank Pittman explores what it is like to grow up male today. With great poignancy, humor, and candor, he weaves together case studies from his practice, examples from literature and films, plus personal vignettes from his own experiences as a father to examine these hyper-masculine men and to illustrate how they developed and how they can change. Dr. Pittman asserts that men can move past proving their masculinity and start practicing it by striving with the other guys rather than against them, achieving equality and intimacy with their mates--and by fathering. A man raises himself as he raises children and learns to understand and forgive his parents as he becomes one. An important book for men and women, Man Enough offers a new approach to issues of commitment, caring and control and creates a positive model for the fathers of tomorrow's men.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hudson's Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017277
- Title
- Man Enough - Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity
- Author
- Frank Pittman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399138196
- ISBN 13
- 9780399138195
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- MANHOOD BY FRANK PITTMAN, M.D.
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About Hudson's Bookstore
Home Library of Baptist Minister consisting of over 12,000 Hand-picked volumes representing 53 years of ministry and study. Library is located in the home of Rev. Van Dale Hudson and is being sold exclusivelly online.
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