Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America

Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America
Author: Mark Christopher Carnes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300051469

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.