The Odyssey had WILD written all over it: wild parti es, wildchases, wild fights, and at the heart of it the wild and loyalfriendship of Wayne Black and Willie Thor.The goal was to be as wild as possible. Fueled by liquor, theboys seemed indestructi ble, one adventure propelling them tothe next. In a 48-hour period, they take on aggressive brutes,a social class, they cause a school riot, get expelled and go onthe run from the law. They prov...

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed collection Southern Manhood: Perspectives on Masculinity in the Old South (Georgia, 2004), Southern Masculinity explores the contours of southern male identity from Reconstruction to the present. Twelve case studies document the changing definitions of southern masculine identity as understood in conjunction with identities based on race, gender, age, sexuality, and geography.After the Civil War, southern men crafted notio...