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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
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The Will to Change

By bell hooks ,

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Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era
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Beyond Combat

By Heather Marie Stur ,

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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
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The Way of the Superior Man

By David Deida ,

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Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico
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Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico

By Víctor M. Macías-González (editor) , Anne Rubenstein (editor) ,

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Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917
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Manliness and Civilization

By Gail Bederman ,

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Brutes in Suits: Male Sensibility in America, 1890-1920
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Brutes in Suits

By John Pettegrew ,

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Fourteen
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Fourteen

By Shannon Molloy ,

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Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era
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Angry White Men

By Michael Kimmel ,

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For the Love of Men: From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity
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For the Love of Men

By Liz Plank ,

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Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire
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Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire

By Amy S. Greenberg ,

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Man of the House
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Man of the House

By C.R. Wiley ,

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Masculinities
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Masculinities

By R.W. Connell ,

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Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities
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Men and Development

By Andrea Cornwall (editor) , Jerker Edstrom (editor) , Alan Greig (editor)

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Masculinities and Femininities in Latin America's Uneven Development
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Masculinities and Femininities in Latin America's Uneven Development

By Susan Paulson ,

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The Evolution of a Girl
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The Evolution of a Girl

By L.E. Bowman ,

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Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines
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Pulp Vietnam

By Gregory A. Daddis ,

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A Year Without Months
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A Year Without Months

By Charles Dodd White ,

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Becoming Men of Some Consequence: Youth and Military Service in the Revolutionary War
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Becoming Men of Some Consequence

By John A. Ruddiman ,

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Alexander's Bridge
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Alexander's Bridge

By Willa Sibert Cather ,

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The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi: A Historical Archaeology of Masculinity at a University Fraternity
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The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi

By Laurie A. Wilkie ,

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Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France
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Masculinity and Male Codes of Honor in Modern France

By Robert A. Nye ,

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Can I Have My Ball Back? A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle
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Can I Have My Ball Back? A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle

By Richard Herring ,

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The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities
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The Company He Keeps

By Nicholas L. Syrett ,

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Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
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Wild at Heart

By John Eldredge ,

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Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
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Of Boys and Men

By Richard V. Reeves ,

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I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
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I Don't Want to Talk About It

By Terrence Real ,

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Bareback Porn, Porous Masculinities, Queer Futures: The Ethics of Becoming-Pig
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Bareback Porn, Porous Masculinities, Queer Futures

By Joao Florencio ,

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Kiwis Might Fly: A New Zealand Adventure
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Kiwis Might Fly

By Polly Evans ,

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Testosterone
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Testosterone

By Rebecca M. Jordan-Young , Katrina Karkazis ,

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Saving Our Sons
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Saving Our Sons

By Michael Gurian ,

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A History of Virility
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A History of Virility

By Keith Cohen (translator) , Georges Vigarello (editor) , Jean-Jacques Courtine (editor) , Alain Corbin (editor)

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