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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Namby Pamby Land: Being a Field Report on the Only Country Men Are Ever Sent To and No Man Has Ever Found

Namby Pamby Land: Being a Field Report on the Only Country Men Are Ever Sent To and No Man Has Ever Found

Sellers, Hubbard

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Humor

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ISBN13: 9798170979592
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Namby Pamby Land traces the historical obsession with defining and defending manhood across three millennia. Hubbard Sellers catalogs the ridiculous standards men have imposed on one another, noting that the term namby-pamby began as an eighteenth-century book review of toddler poetry.

The narrative examines how the fiercest historical figures defied modern macho standards: Achilles hid in a dress, the undefeated Sacred Band of Thebes consisted of 150 male couples, and Louis XIV ruled Europe in red high heels. Sellers argues that the crisis of masculinity is an artificial business model that has been continuously resold to men since 1857.

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