© Columbia University Press
Where Men Hide
Paper, 264 pages, 79 photographs
ISBN: 978-0-231-13735-5
$24.95
/ £16.95
March, 2006
Cloth, 264 pages, 79 photographs
ISBN: 978-0-231-13734-8
$34.95
/ £23.95
"For men who like to think about manhood... and women who are wondering what the attraction is of that grimy garage." — Publishers Weekly
"Readers will find much to enjoy." — Library Journal
"An enjoyable and provocative read." — Margo Hammond, St. Petersburg Times
"Carefully composed to capture what might be called the aesthetic of male clutter." — Mike Seely, Seattle Weekly
"By blending anecdote, research and keen observation, the author and photographer bring this little-discussed and controversial phenomenon to light." — menstuff.com
"What Joseph Campbell did for mythology, Twitchell and Ross have done for garages, strip clubs and other masculine hideouts." — Finn-Olaf Jones, Forbes Life
"A funny, warm account of men and their self-made retreats... Twitchell pays homage to men's caverns of yore." — Jim Walsh, City Pages
"Twitchell describes, informs, explains, analyzes, and enlightens... In Twitchell's book I can see myself and men I know." — David Maloof, Boston Sunday Globe
"Twitchell explores what it means to be male." — US Airways Magazine
"Arguing passionately for the continued importance of male bonding and of certain places where no girls are allowed." — Brilliant Magazine
"Any library strong in sociology . . . will find this an important acquisition." — The Midwest Book review
"Reading these essays is like listening to a witty and broadly knowledgeable after-dinner speaker entertain and enlighten. " — Steven M. Gelber, Winterthur PortfolioSanta Clara University
"James B. Twitchell's Where Men Hide will serve as a scholarly, sharp, and warmly responsible evocation of an increasingly marginalized neighborhood of America." — Lionel Tiger, Rutgers University, author The Decline of Males
"A century ago, one in three American men belonged to some kind of fraternal order. Today, the male redoubts are all but gone, but few acknowledge the depth and meaning of the loss. Twitchell's book is an original, fascinating and true account of America's rapidly shrinking male habitats and a report on the bleak consequences." — Christina Hoff Sommers, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, author of The War Against Boys
"Cleverly written and photographed, Where Men Hide is a delightful diversion, a cheery romp through those male-only spaces in which men hang up the sign on their clubhouse that says 'No Gurls Allowed'." — Michael Kimmel, State University of New York at Stonybrook, author of The Gendered Society