In Search of the American Man - The Guardian
"Alexandre and I initially set out to hitchhike the midwest and Appalachia to see if the American idea of manhood was changing.
In the US, a man’s value has long been based almost solely on one thing: his ability to put food on the table via his paycheck. With blue-collar work vanishing, underemployment rampant and the gig economy ascendant, the nature of traditional work is changing.
It follows that this is also altering the American idea of masculinity.
Precisely because people are often so forthcoming with hitchhikers, we thought it would be a good method to discuss the softer, more vulnerable side of American manhood – a topic often hidden behind innuendo, bravado and posturing.
Over dozens of interviews, we found people struggling heroically under the relentless grind of American capitalism".
― Drew Philip.
