Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Themes and Theses of Men's Studies; Part 1: Overviews ; 1. The Theory of Male Sex-Role Identity: Its Rise and Fall, 1936 to the Present 2. The Case for Men's Studies 3. Toward a New Sociology of Masculinity; Part 2: History and Danger ; 4. The Secrets of Men's History 5. The Contemporary "Crisis" of Masculinity in Historical Perspective 6. Surviving the Institutional Decimation of Black Males: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention; Part 3: Work and Play ; 7. The Male Career Code and the Ideology of Role 8.

The Meaning of Success: The Athletic Experience and the Development of Male Identity; Part 4: Social and Biological Bonding ; 9. The Bonds of Men: Problems and Possibilities in Close Male Relationships 10. Gilgamesh and the Sundance Kid: The Myth of Male Friendship 11. Biological Influence of Masculinity; Part 5: Literary Passions ; 12. Rereading American Literature from a Men's Studies Perspective: Some Implications 13. Howells, Stoddard, and Male Homosocial Attachment in Victorian Literature 14. Byron and Male Love: The Classical Tradition; About the Contributors; Index the Sundance Kid: The Myth of Male Friendship 11. Biological Influence of Masculinity; Part 5: Literary Passions ; 12.

Rereading American Literature from a Men's Studies Perspective: Some Implications 13. Howells, Stoddard, and Male Homosocial Attachment in Victorian Literature 14. Byron and Male Love: The Classical Tradition; About the Contributors; Index.