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050		4	_aPS374.C454 -- K53 2004eb
082	0		_a810.9/92826
100	1		_aKidd, Kenneth B.
245	1	0	_aMaking American Boys : _bBoyology and the Feral Tale.
264		1	_aMinneapolis : _bUniversity of Minnesota Press, _c2004.
264		4	_c©2004.
300			_a1 online resource (268 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Boyhood for Beginners: An Introduction -- 1. Farming for Boys -- 2. Bad Boys and Men of Culture -- 3. Wolf-Boys, Street Rats, and the Vanishing Sioux -- 4. Father Flanagan's Boys Town -- 5. From Freud's Wolf Man to Teen Wolf -- 6. Reinventing the Boy Problem -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520			_aWill 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. Kidd finds that the education and supervision of boys in the United States have been shaped by the collaboration of two seemingly conflictive approaches. In 1916, Henry William Gibson, a leader of the YMCA, created the term boyology, which came to refer to professional writing about the biological and social development of boys. At the same time, the feral tale, with its roots in myth and folklore, emphasized boys's wild nature, epitomized by such classic protagonists as Mowgli in The Jungle Books and Huck Finn. From the tension between these two perspectives evolved society's perception of what makes a "good boy": from the responsible son asserting his independence from his father in the late 1800s, to the idealized, sexually confident, and psychologically healthy youth of today. The image of the savage child, raised by wolves, has been tamed and transformed into a model of white, middle-class masculinity. Analyzing icons of boyhood and maleness from Father Flanagan's Boys Town and Max in Where the Wild Things Are to Elián González and even Michael Jackson, Kidd surveys films, psychoanalytic case studies, parenting manuals, historical accounts of the discoveries of "wolf-boys," and self-help books to provide a rigorous history of what it has meant to be an all-American boy.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aBoys -- Books and reading -- United States.
650		0	_aBoys in literature.
650		0	_aChildren's stories, American -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aFeral children in literature.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aKidd, Kenneth B. _tMaking American Boys : Boyology and the Feral Tale _dMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2004 _z9780816642953
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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