Building Better Men
The CCC Boy and the Changing Social Ideal of Manliness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2388754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Ryan Suzik (Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152-179 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Men and Masculinities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1097-184X • E-ISSN: 1552-6828 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1097184x99002002003 |
| OpenAlex | W2152296393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
In its nine-year existence, the Civilian Conservation Corps employed over 2.9 million young, unmarried men on a variety of conservation projects. Along with providing relief, the CCC, its supporters claimed, could literally 're-build' America's young working-class men, who many thought had become demoralized-emasculated, even-by the effects of the Great Depression. Through a program consisting of heavy manual labor, vocational and technological training, civic and political education, and an intensely homosocial living and working environment, the CCC sought to produce an economically independent, responsible, and above all, 'manly' male working class. This paper examines the changing image of manliness publicized by the CCC, highlighting the shift from the athletic manual laborer of the early 1930s to the highly trained citizen-soldier of the immediate pre-World War II period. It then links this changing ideal of manhood to larger socio-economic, political, and cultural changes influencing American society in the inter-war period
Aesthetics · Great Depression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Vocational education · Working class · World War II · American Sports and Literature · Gender Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Sports, Gender, and Society
The shaping of the American high school
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940.
The end of reform
The male experience
Middletown in transition
Manhood in America
New Deal Labor Policy and the American Industrial Economy
The Politics of Social Policy in the United States
The Social Construction of Gender
Making a New Deal
The ambiguous practices of the Civilian Conservation Corps
The Power of the People
The American People
Men and Monotony
A Man's Place
Outside In
Engendering Culture
Avenues to Adulthood
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942
Boys and Their Toys
Avenues to Adulthood
Making a New Deal
The Social Relation of the Sexes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2012 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |