"If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at
you as if you're nuts. 'What, me hide?' But if you ask women
whether men hide, they immediately know what you mean."-from Where
Men Hide Where Men Hide is a spirited tour of the dark and often
dirty places men go to find comfort, camaraderie, relaxation, and
escape. Ken Ross's striking photographs and James Twitchell's
lively analysis trace the evolution of these virtual caves, and
question why they are rapidly disappearing. Ross documents both
traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars,
barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps,
megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and Twitchell examines
their provenance, purpose, and appeal. He finds that for centuries
men have met with each other in underground lairs and clubhouses to
conduct business or, in the case of strip clubs and the modern rec
room, to bond and indulge in shady entertainments. In these secret
dens, certain rules are abandoned while others are obeyed. However,
Twitchell sees this less as exclusionary behavior and more as the
result of social anxiety: when women want to get together, they
just do it; when men get together, it's a production. Drawing on
literary, historical, and pop cultural sources, Twitchell connects
the places men hide with figures like Hemingway and Huck Finn,
Frederick Jackson Turner's theory of the American frontier, and the
mythological interpretations of Joseph Campbell and Robert Bly.
Instead of blaming the disappearance of the man-cave solely on
feminism, simple fair play, or the demands of Title IX, Twitchell
believes this evaporation is due as well to the rise of solitary
pursuits such as driving, watching television, and playing
videogames. By blending together anecdote, research, and keen
observation, Ross and Twitchell bring this little-discussed and
controversial phenomenon to light.
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