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If you ask men if they spend any time hiding they usually look at you as ifyoure nuts. What me hide? But if you ask women whether men hide theyimmediately know what you mean. from Where Men HideWhere Men Hide is a spirited tour of the dark and often dirty places men go tofind comfort camaraderie relaxation and escape. Ken Rosss strikingphotographs and James Twitchells lively analysis trace the evolution of thesevirtual caves and question why they are rapidly disappearing.Ross documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts such as barsbarbershops lodges pool halls strip clubs garages deer campsmegachurches the basement Barcalounger and Twitchell examines theirprovenance purpose and appeal. He finds that for centuries men have met witheach other in underground lairs and clubhouses to conduct business or in thecase of strip clubs and the modern rec room to bond and indulge in shadyentertainments. In these secret dens certain rules are abandoned while othersare obeyed. However Twitchell sees this less as exclusionary behavior and moreas the result of social anxiety when women want to get together they just doit when men get together its a production.Drawing on literary historical and pop cultural sources Twitchell connectsthe places men hide with figures like Hemingway and Huck Finn FrederickJackson Turners theory of the American frontier and the mythologicalinterpretations of Joseph Campbell and Robert Bly. Instead of blaming thedisappearance of the mancave solely on feminism simple fair play or thedemands of Title IX Twitchell believes this evaporation is due as well to therise of solitary pursuits such as driving watching television and playingvideogames.By blending together anecdote research and keen observation Ross andTwitchell bring this littlediscussed and controversial phenomenon to light. «
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