Snowflakes and Snowdrifts: Individualism and Sexuality in America - Tapa dura

Aimed primarily at an upper-division undergraduate audience in the fields of history, American studies, and women's studies, the book is a worthwhile contribution to the continuing dialogue on the evolution of American society's sex roles. * CHOICE * Aimed primarily at an upper-division undergraduate audience in the fields of history, American studies, and women's studies, the book is a worthwhile contribution to the continuing dialogue on the evolution of American society's sex roles. * CHOICE *

This study examines the tension between individualistic values and sex-related expectations in American society and analyzes their impact on many aspects of sexuality in America. Contents: A Society of Individuals; Masculinity and the Main Chance; Invisible Woman; Hypermasculinity; Hypomasculinity; The Spectre of Homosexuality; On Being Gay in a "Straight" Society; Assimilation versus Pluralism; Transforming Sex-Related Categories; Repudiating Sex-Related Categories; and Confronting an Unliberated World.