American Male

I often find myself thinking a great deal about my father since his death. I remember him when he was at the age I am now, the kind of father figure he was to me and my sister, and his character flaws. To his credit and my occasional embarrassment, he frequently reminds me of the increasingly iconic character Don Draper of the television series Mad Men. What is odd about this is that he didn't come to the U.S. until he was 26. This has me wondering if these similarities can be attributed to culture and generation or is it something bigger, perhaps a mixture of universal characteristics tied to current societal trends? Sure enough, the library has me covered.

The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him
Creating the Modern Man: American Magazines and Consumer Culture, 1900-1950
The Decline of Men: How the American Male is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future
Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture
Manhood in America: A Cultural History
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man