Manhood In America Third edition Author Michael Kimmel
1. What are some of your general thoughts or questions about the first half of Kimmel’s book?
Did you enjoy reading it? Did it give you new ways to think about race and masculinity?
2. In the last paragraph of his “Preface,” Kimmel explains his “hopes” for the book. What do you make of those hopes?
3. What are some of the main ideas Kimmel unpacks in his “Introduction”? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach?
4. Explain, in brief, how Kimmel uses these key terms:
Genteel Patriarch; Heroic Artisan; Self-Made Man Escape; Exclusion; Control
5. Did anything in particular stand out, good or bad, in the first five chapters?
6. We talked last time about how to structure the introduction to historical writing. Can you identify these elements (hook/anecdote, topic, importance
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