...Chapter two describes how racial scientists became invested in defining manhood and to whom it applied. During the Civil War, scientists conducted anthropometric studies of union troops, measuring manhood along racial lines. After, they turned their attention from black men's fitness for military...

...This chapter discusses the melodrama of family life and coming of age as envisioned in the neomelodica scene, where family life takes on the affective and aesthetic qualities of a sceneggiata, a figural male life course. This narrative path of manhood is figurative...

...This chapter discusses the manhood of Filipino seamen and the sexual identity of “Filipino tomboys”— male-identified females who generally have sexual or emotional relationships with other females. It also highlights gender identifications and cultural phenomena related to Filipino seamen...

...This chapter examines the multiple and competing meanings of heteronormative manhood among Filipino navy veterans and their families living in San Diego, California since the mid-1940s. More specifically, it considers how Filipino masculinity is constructed within a transnational context...

... crisis, reminiscent of the colonial past when China was defeated by the colonizing West and plagued by its image as the Sick Man of East Asia. It is believed that building a strong manhood and sharpening proper male gender roles are required to revive and strengthen the nation. homosexuality abnormality...

... and class along geographic boundaries. The chapter also discusses the divergent models of masculinities exhibited by his father, uncles, and grandfather, which provided a backdrop against which Richard developed his own brand of manhood, as he eagerly joined the army. Aoki David T brother college education...

...This chapter focuses on Richard Aoki’s life in the army. According the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 and 1955, Richard served six months in active duty, followed by seven and a half years in the reserve. His manhood was shaped by the divergent masculinities represented by his...