Taylor, Gary,  1953- <br/><br/>
Castration :  an abbreviated history of western manhood / 
Gary Taylor. 
 - 1st pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2002. 
 - 307 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/> What Does Manhood Mean? --  Contest of Texts: Christianity, Freudianity, Humanism --  Contest of Males: The Power of Eunuchs --  Contest of Organs: Genital Plural --  Contest of Gods: Dream Divination --  Contest of Reproductions: The Rise of the Penis, the Fall of the Scrotum --  Contest of Genders: Castrating Women --  Contest of Races: Castrated White Men --  Contest of Kinds: Confusing Categories --  Contest of Signs: Branded and Domesticated Male Animals --  Contest of Times: What Would Jesus Do? --  Future of Man 
<br/><br/> This work looks at the West's fascination with, and misunderstanding of, castrated males, focusing on three key periods: the Early Church, the Early Modern, and the 20th century, where, Taylor argues, Freud got it wrong 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415938813 9780415938815 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Castration anxiety<br/>Castration<br/>Masculinity<br/>Masculinity--Religious aspects--Christianity<br/>Men--Psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF175.5.C37  / T39 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.332 TA.C 2002  / 01728