Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America

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Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America is written by Mark Christopher Carnes and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300051468 (ISBN 10) and 9780300051469 (ISBN 13).

In this study of American 19th-century secret orders, the author argues that religious practices and gender roles became increasingly feminized in Victorian America and that secret societies, such as the Freemasons, offered men and boys an alternative, male counterculture.