Jolly Fellows: Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America (Gender Relations in the American Experience)

by Richard Stott

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"Jolly fellows," a term that gained currency in the nineteenth century, referred to those men whose more colorful antics included brawling, heavy drinking, gambling, and playing pranks. Reforms, especially the temperance movement, stigmatized such behavior, but pockets of jolly fellowship continued to flourish throughout the country. Richard Stott scrutinizes and analyzes this behavior to appreciate its origins and meaning. Stott finds that male behavior could be strikingly similar in diverse locales, from taverns and boardinghouses to college campuses and sporting events. He explores the permissive attitudes that thrived in such male domains as the streets of New York City,...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780801897955
  • Publish Date 16 November 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press