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Mar. 1 | 2012 Franklin Prize
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Moore, William D. "Structures of Masculinity: Masonic Temples, Material Culture, and Ritual Gender Archetypes in New York State, 1870-1930," American and New England Studies Program, Boston University, February 1999.
This interdisciplinary study analyzes Masonic buildings and material culture in New York State between 1870 and 1930 using methodologies drawn from history, anthropology, art history, and architectural history. By examining edifices, floor plans, ceremonial objects and furniture, ritual texts, and discussions within the fraternal press, this dissertation posits that Masonic spaces functioned as forums in which the fraternity constructed complex masculine identities. Masonic temples contained facilities designed and utilized by four groups to inculcate models of male behavior. Having been schooled in these distinct identites within sacred confines of Masonic buildings, in the profane world the membership integrated these four archetypes into a comprehensive performance of American masculinity.
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