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Book SynopsisAsexuality and Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Towards a Theory of an Enigma proposes that asexuality is a libidinally founded desire for no sexual desire, a concept not included in psychoanalytic theory up to now. Asexuality is defined as the experience of having no sexual attraction for another person; as an emerging self-defined sexual orientation, it has received practically no attention from psychoanalytic research. This book is the first sustained piece of exploratory and theoretical research from a Freudian-Lacanian perspective. Using Freudian concepts to understand the intricacies of human sexual desire, this volume will also employ Lacanian conceptual tools to understand how asexuality might sustain itself despite the absence of Other-directed sexual desire. This book argues that asexuality holds a mirror to contemporary sexualized society which assumes sexual attraction and eroticism as the benchmarks for experiencing sexual desire. It alsoTrade Review'In this richly researched work, Murphy draws on the libido theory of Freud and Lacan to give a compelling psychoanalytic account of what has come to be known as asexuality. As a recently recognised phenomenon, asexuality remains profoundly under-theorised. This book, written from the perspective of psychoanalysis, opens a new chapter in thinking about what Murphy rightly calls an enigma.'Russell Grigg, psychoanalyst, member of the New Lacanian School, Melbourne Australia'The usual view is that Freud’s "pansexualism" implies that all human behaviour is sexually motivated. Lacan questioned this when he stated "there is no sexual relation." In this important and timely book, Murphy goes even further. Starting from the undisputed evidence that there are asexual minorities in most cultures, he explores how the absence of sexual attraction can be non-pathological, demonstrating that such an exception proves that sexuality is not a rule. This brave investigation of a different desire makes us reconsider relationships, intimacy, and sexual identities.'Patricia Gherovici, psychoanalyst and author of 'Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference' (Routledge, 2017)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Research Has To Say About Asexuality 2. Towards a Freudian Understanding 3. Key Freudian Concepts and Their Relation to Asexuality 4. Towards a Lacanian Understanding of Asexuality 5. The Challenge of Libido and the Annulment of Sexual Desire 6. Asexual jouissance and the Lacanian sinthome 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHeteronormativity and Psychoanalysis proposes a critical reading of the Freudian and Lacanian texts that paved the way for a heteronormative bias in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. Jorge N. Reitter's theoretical-political project engages in a genealogy of how psychoanalysis approached the gay question' through time. This book determinedly seeks to dismantle the heteronormative bias in the theories of psychoanalysis that resist new discourses on gender and sexuality. Drawing on developments by Michel Foucault and lesbian and gay studies on queer theory and feminist theorizing, Reitter draws attention to the normalizing devices that permanently regulate sexuality neglected by psychoanalysis as producers of subjectivities.Accessibly written, Heteronormativity and Psychoanalysis will be key reading for psychoanalysts in practice and in training, as well as academics and students of psychoanalytic studies, gender studies, and sexualities. Trade Review"Not just a compelling critique of the heteronormativity of institutionalized psychoanalysis, Jorge Reitter's book offers a bracing performative speech act whose effects will reverberate for some time to come. Out of the shadows emerges---if we dare to name it---a capaciously queer psychoanalysis for the twenty-first century." ---Tim Dean, James M. Benson Professor in English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; author of Beyond Sexuality and editor of Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis."Jorge Reitter is one of the present-day most innovative psychoanalysts in Argentina: his work is renowned among all Latin-America psychoanalysts, academics and students who wish to tackle minority gender and sexuality issues. The book very clearly sums up and analyses the main Freudian and Lacanian ambivalent stances on homosexuality and alternative sexualities, and suggests creative ways to renew psychoanalytic theory and practice. The book’s main asset is to try and think of sexuality in terms of power relations, in a Foucauldian approach applied to psychoanalysis, yet from a psychoanalytic point of view." - Thamy Ayouch, Psychoanalyst, Doctor of Research in Psychoanalysis (Université Paris 7), Maître de Conférence (Full Professor) in Clinical Psychology (Université Lille 3), Researcher and director of doctoral research (Université Paris 7), Visiting Professor do Exterior (Universidade de São Paulo), Former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure."Jorge Reitter's book Edipo Gay is an important milestone for psychoanalysis as it is practiced in the 21st century. The book reconnects with the fundamental dimensions of clinical experience. However, it does so in a resolutely critical and open manner by purging both practice and theory of any risk of homophobic, transphobic or simply heteronormative conservatism. From a reflection on the so-called sexual minorities, Reiter manages to reinvent ethics at the heart of transferential dynamics and to assume the not only intimate but also political dimension of the analytic act." - Fabrice Bourlez is a psychoanalyst, doctor of philosophy, he teaches at the esad in Reims, at SciencesPo Paris and is co-holder of the Troubles, Dissidences and Aesthetics chair at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He teaches psychoanalysis at the International Institute of Psychoanalysis (Brazil). He has written Pulsions Pasoliniennes (Presses du Réel, 2015) and Queer psychanalyse (Hermann, 2018)."Jorge N. Reitter's book reminds us that psychoanalysis is first and foremost an act...here an act of writing where the author takes a position, as a psychoanalyst, in the scholarly public debate concerning minoritized sexualities and their conflicting relationships with the theories of Freud or Lacan, which are too often put at the service of a reactionary heteronormativity. As part of Freud's desire, Jorge N. Reitter thus revisits the Oedipus complex and the clinic of castration in the light of LGBTQIA+ approaches from - and this is perhaps the most important - arguments internal to our field." - Lionel Le Corre, psychoanalyst, researcher associated with the CRPMS, Université Paris Cité (France). Doctor in psychoanalytic anthropology. Author of the book Freud's Homosexuality."Reitter argues, and I agree with him, that psychoanalysis is not necessarily heteronormative, binary, and patriarchal. Psychoanalysis can do better things than it does by revising that matrix around its nodal concepts. Untying what was tied to conceptions of the time, with what is still sustained and keeps it vital and current. A necessary and avant-garde book that bets on a living psychoanalysis proposing a clinic of the specificity of the intrapsychic and the biopolitical of gay erotica and amorousness, both on the side of the patients and on the side of the analysts." - Débora Tajer, Feminist psychoanalyst and author of the book Psychoanalysis for Everyone. Associate Professor in charge of the "Introduction to Gender Studies" Chair. Regular Associate Professor of the "Public Health/Mental Health II" Chair, Faculty of Psychology, UBA. Co-founder Forum of Psychoanalysis and Gender, Association of Psychologists of Buenos Aires."Today the human is breaking with certain prohibitions and limits that were imposed on us a long time ago and in another history, and we do not allow ourselves to be determined externally (we emancipated ourselves with great rage from this); because the human is articulated with multiple pleasures that radically constitute it, with sexual diversities that flood it and complement it, and this is so because the logics of the world have changed, continue to change and cannot be stopped under any signifier Father. Jorge Nico Reitter expresses this becoming of each one of us in a brilliant and exemplary way in hisbook Edipo Gay. Moreover, Reitter, as the clinician that he is, knows it from the inside in the day today pain that the Other suffers in order to be accepted in this society of heteropatriarchal control; it is not only a question of the desire of this or that human being, but we are in the "Hegelian" dimension of the matter, namely, of the logics of power that allow or do not allow the performative and in this to speak of the diversity that we are and, in this, to feel accepted as such; for this reason his book becomes totally necessary for us to understand and transform our present." - Ricardo Espinosa Lolas Chilean writer, critical theorist and philosopher. Member of the Goldsmiths Center for Philosophy and Critical Thought. University of London."Jorge N. Reitter's book reminds us that psychoanalysis is first and foremost an act...here an act of writing where the author takes a position, as a psychoanalyst, in the scholarly public debate concerning minoritized sexualities and their conflicting relationships with the theories of Freud or Lacan, which are too often put at the service of a reactionary heteronormativity. As part of Freud's desire, Jorge N. Reitter thus revisits the Oedipus complex and the clinic of castration in the light of LGBTQIA+ approaches from - and this is perhaps the most important - arguments internal to our field." - Lionel Le Corre, psychoanalyst, researcher associated with the CRPMS, Université Paris Cité (France). Doctor in psychoanalytic anthropology. Author of the book Freud's Homosexuality."Jorge’s text makes a vital intervention in spotlighting the challenges for the psychoanalytic field of remaining true to the unconscious as what precisely cannot be "normalised" and "mainstreamed." The text is a wake-up call to twenty-first century psychoanalysts to learn important lessons from its own history of (hetero)normalisation and to remain open to the heteros of the unconscious and to an ethics of subjectivity that is irreducible to any social classification or cultural appropriation." - Eve Watson, PhD. Psychoanalyst, Dublin, and Editor of Critical Essays on the Drive: Lacanian Theory and Practice (2023) "Not just a compelling critique of the heteronormativity of institutionalized psychoanalysis, Jorge Reitter's book offers a bracing performative speech act whose effects will reverberate for some time to come. Out of the shadows emerges---if we dare to name it---a capaciously queer psychoanalysis for the twenty-first century." ---Tim Dean, James M. Benson Professor in English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; author of Beyond Sexuality and editor of Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis."Jorge Reitter is one of the present-day most innovative psychoanalysts in Argentina: his work is renowned among all Latin-America psychoanalysts, academics and students who wish to tackle minority gender and sexuality issues. The book very clearly sums up and analyses the main Freudian and Lacanian ambivalent stances on homosexuality and alternative sexualities, and suggests creative ways to renew psychoanalytic theory and practice. The book’s main asset is to try and think of sexuality in terms of power relations, in a Foucauldian approach applied to psychoanalysis, yet from a psychoanalytic point of view." - Thamy Ayouch, Psychoanalyst, Doctor of Research in Psychoanalysis (Université Paris 7), Maître de Conférence (Full Professor) in Clinical Psychology (Université Lille 3), Researcher and director of doctoral research (Université Paris 7), Visiting Professor do Exterior (Universidade de São Paulo), Former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure."Jorge Reitter's book Edipo Gay is an important milestone for psychoanalysis as it is practiced in the 21st century. The book reconnects with the fundamental dimensions of clinical experience. However, it does so in a resolutely critical and open manner by purging both practice and theory of any risk of homophobic, transphobic or simply heteronormative conservatism. From a reflection on the so-called sexual minorities, Reitter manages to reinvent ethics at the heart of transferential dynamics and to assume the not only intimate but also political dimension of the analytic act." - Fabrice Bourlez is a psychoanalyst, doctor of philosophy, he teaches at the esad in Reims, at SciencesPo Paris and is co-holder of the Troubles, Dissidences and Aesthetics chair at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He teaches psychoanalysis at the International Institute of Psychoanalysis (Brazil). He has written Pulsions Pasoliniennes (Presses du Réel, 2015) and Queer psychanalyse (Hermann, 2018)."Jorge N. Reitter's book reminds us that psychoanalysis is first and foremost an act...here an act of writing where the author takes a position, as a psychoanalyst, in the scholarly public debate concerning minoritized sexualities and their conflicting relationships with the theories of Freud or Lacan, which are too often put at the service of a reactionary heteronormativity. As part of Freud's desire, Jorge N. Reitter thus revisits the Oedipus complex and the clinic of castration in the light of LGBTQIA+ approaches from - and this is perhaps the most important - arguments internal to our field." - Lionel Le Corre, psychoanalyst, researcher associated with the CRPMS, Université Paris Cité (France). Doctor in psychoanalytic anthropology. Author of the book Freud's Homosexuality."Reitter argues, and I agree with him, that psychoanalysis is not necessarily heteronormative, binary, and patriarchal. Psychoanalysis can do better things than it does by revising that matrix around its nodal concepts. Untying what was tied to conceptions of the time, with what is still sustained and keeps it vital and current. A necessary and avant-garde book that bets on a living psychoanalysis proposing a clinic of the specificity of the intrapsychic and the biopolitical of gay erotica and amorousness, both on the side of the patients and on the side of the analysts." - Débora Tajer, Feminist psychoanalyst and author of the book Psychoanalysis for Everyone. Associate Professor in charge of the "Introduction to Gender Studies" Chair. Regular Associate Professor of the "Public Health/Mental Health II" Chair, Faculty of Psychology, UBA. Co-founder Forum of Psychoanalysis and Gender, Association of Psychologists of Buenos Aires."Today the human is breaking with certain prohibitions and limits that were imposed on us a long time ago and in another history, and we do not allow ourselves to be determined externally (we emancipated ourselves with great rage from this); because the human is articulated with multiple pleasures that radically constitute it, with sexual diversities that flood it and complement it, and this is so because the logics of the world have changed, continue to change and cannot be stopped under any signifier Father. Jorge Nico Reitter expresses this becoming of each one of us in a brilliant and exemplary way in hisbook Edipo Gay. Moreover, Reitter, as the clinician that he is, knows it from the inside in the day today pain that the Other suffers in order to be accepted in this society of heteropatriarchal control; it is not only a question of the desire of this or that human being, but we are in the "Hegelian" dimension of the matter, namely, of the logics of power that allow or do not allow the performative and in this to speak of the diversity that we are and, in this, to feel accepted as such; for this reason his book becomes totally necessary for us to understand and transform our present." - Ricardo Espinosa Lolas Chilean writer, critical theorist and philosopher. Member of the Goldsmiths Center for Philosophy and Critical Thought. University of London."Jorge N. Reitter's book reminds us that psychoanalysis is first and foremost an act...here an act of writing where the author takes a position, as a psychoanalyst, in the scholarly public debate concerning minoritized sexualities and their conflicting relationships with the theories of Freud or Lacan, which are too often put at the service of a reactionary heteronormativity. As part of Freud's desire, Jorge N. Reitter thus revisits the Oedipus complex and the clinic of castration in the light of LGBTQIA+ approaches from - and this is perhaps the most important - arguments internal to our field." - Lionel Le Corre, psychoanalyst, researcher associated with the CRPMS, Université Paris Cité (France). Doctor in psychoanalytic anthropology. Author of the book Freud's Homosexuality."Jorge’s text makes a vital intervention in spotlighting the challenges for the psychoanalytic field of remaining true to the unconscious as what precisely cannot be "normalised" and "mainstreamed." The text is a wake-up call to twenty-first century psychoanalysts to learn important lessons from its own history of (hetero)normalisation and to remain open to the heteros of the unconscious and to an ethics of subjectivity that is irreducible to any social classification or cultural appropriation." - Eve Watson, PhD. Psychoanalyst, Dublin, and Editor of Critical Essays on the Drive: Lacanian Theory and Practice (2023) Table of ContentsIn the English editionPrologue by Patricia GheroviciPrologue to the first edition Heteronormativity and psychoanalysis 1) Oedipus gay2) The original entanglement. How psychoanalysis could not escape the heteronorm3) Oedipus reloaded 4) Towards a post-heteronormative Oedipus II. Miscellanea5) On the political incorrectness of eroticism6) Rethinking the possible as such7) Felix Julius BoehmIII Bonus tracks8) Talking with Jorge Reitter: neither the Other nor sexuality exists outside of power relationsEpilogue

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Book SynopsisThe majority of the world's population now live in urban areas and the 21st century has been declared as the urban age. However, closer inspection of where people live in cities, especially within so-called advanced liberal democracies such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, reveals that most people live in different types of suburban environments.Drawing together scholars from across the globe, this book provides a series of national, regional, and local case studies from Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States to exemplify the diverse and dynamic nature and importance of suburbia in 21st century urban studies, city-building, and urbanism.This book explores the evolving social, physical, and economic character of the suburbs and how structural processes, market dynamics, and government policies have shaped and transformed suburbia around the world. It highlights the continTrade Review'Though urban studies has long been preoccupied with the inner city, suburbanisation continues to be the dominant form of urban development, with COVID accelerating the demand for suburbs regarded as more spacious and salubrious than their inner city counterparts. Recognising this, Suburbia in the 21st Century questions the privileging of suburbia, and explores the underside of the suburban dream, taking us into a non-place realm that is often debt-ridden, alienating and environmentally damaging. The wide range of international case studies in this collection nonetheless highlights the diversity of suburban forms, and deftly avoids dystopian stereotypes to provide a more nuanced and balanced analysis. An important and timely book that represents the state-of-the-art in critical urban scholarship.'Phil Hubbard, Professor of Urban Studies, King’s College London, UK'This definitive collection provides a rich compendium of research and writing on the suburbs by leading scholars in the field. Challenging reductionist views of the suburb as subordinate to the city, the contributions in this book present suburbia as diverse, complex and dynamic. Theoretically informed but empirically detailed, the chapters offer broad ranging insights into the nature, character and transformations taking place within suburban environments across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada as well as a number of European nations. An essential reference for urban geographers, planners, and sociologists, Suburbia in the 21stCentury: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? is an important and timely volume which demands to be widely read.'Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Henry Halloran Trust, The University of Sydney, Australia 'The edges of our cities have become central to discussions about how and where we will live in the future. Suburbia in the 21st Century assembles a cutting-edge collection that injects evidence to these deliberations. In a series of critical essays leading analysts take the pulse of these new urban heartlands, variously diagnosing spaces of opportunity and despair, spotting signs of policy failure and social utopia. These investigations help to correct popular ideas of the suburbs as simply sterile or affluent spaces, highlighting instead their variability of form, myriad lifestyles, resident groups, problems and potential. This exciting and timely collection brings insight, energy and critique to a subject that concerns us all. In the post-pandemic context and as these centres of increasing urban gravity continue to grow this collection helps us to understand the problems and possibilities of our new (sub)urban condition.'Rowland Atkinson, Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield, UK 'A remarkable book that makes a compelling case for urban studies and planning to reconsider the suburbs. This outstanding edited collection is accessible reading for scholars, students, and practitioners alike. Its contributors mount clear and persuasive arguments about why we ought to take the suburbs seriously, exploring myriad issues including suburban diversity and disadvantage. The book demolishes a longstanding fallacy that the suburbs are banal 'blandscapes'. Using international case examples, its contributors convincingly illustrate how the suburbs are places characterised by ethno-racial, sexual and socio-economic diversity. Overturning the cartoonish caricatures of low-density housing, golf courses and shopping malls that occupy the imaginary of some urban theorists, this book shows how suburbs are heterogeneous spaces of social (re)production. The book masterfully redresses a longstanding asymmetry in (sub)urban writing, research, and theorising.'Jason Byrne, Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania, Australia‘This fine collection presents a wide-ranging assessment of Suburbia in the 21st Century. In the wake of recent economic, ecological and social disruptions, most recently the Covid pandemic, this re-evaluation of the ‘suburban project’ is timely and challenging. Long considered a haven from the rigours of city life, the suburb has not escaped the many injuries visited on the wider global patterns of urbanisation in recent years. It bears witness to human dreams and nightmares. This book brings together analyses from leading contributors to suburban scholarship who make sense of these harms, as well as the continuing meaning and gratification that many people find in the suburban setting. The editors are to be congratulated for the wide international sweep of the book which takes us beyond the more familiar urban terrains of the anglosphere.’Brendan Gleeson FASSA, Professor of Urban Policy Studies and Director of the Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia‘Maginn and Anacker provide us with a fascinating contribution to the burgeoning and much-needed scholarly work on suburbs across the globe. With chapters from leading suburban scholars, this volume takes us to countries such as Australia, Finland, Ireland and France, to name a few, to demonstrate the varied and dynamic processes of suburbanization and the suburban experience. Engaging theory and undergoing empirical analyses of the dreamscape and discord that is suburbia, Maginn and Anacker achieve their goal of rightly placing these places at metaphorical center of urban scholarship. This book is a necessary read for real engagement beyond the current city focus of urban studies.’Bernadette Hanlon, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, USATable of Contents1. Suburbia in the 21st Century: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? Part I: Representations of Suburbia 2. Fixing Post-suburbia: Recalibrating the Way we Think, Speak, and Act Upon Toronto’s Periphery 3. Master Planned and Active Lifestyles Developments in Australia: Gerotopian Dream or Dystopian Nightmare? 4. Suburban Shopping Malls in Melbourne, Australia: Changing Roles and Impacts as New Town Centres for Diverse Communities 5. Liminal Space, Film Noir, and the Production of the (American) Suburb Part II: To Suburbia and Beyond 6. The Canadian Dream? Growth Trends in Canada’s Suburban and Urban Neighbourhoods 7. Place Attachment in Non-Place Spaces? Community, Belonging and Mobilities in ‘Post-Suburban’ South East England 8. Does Galicia Experience Suburbanisation? (Sub)Urban Processes, Morphologies, and Planning on the Morrazo Peninsula 9. Suburban Housing Estates in Finland: Historic Development and Contemporary Challenges Part III: From Dreamscape to Nightmare? 10. Worlds Away in Suburbia: The Changing Geography of High-Poverty Neighbourhoods in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area 11. End of the (Sub)Urban Dream? The Foreclosure Crisis and Unmarried Partnered, Same-Sex Households in the United States 12. Between the Suburbs and the Banlieue 13.No Soft Landing for the Suburbs: Credit, Debt, and the Fracturing of the Suburban Dream in Ireland Conclusions 14. Covid-19 (Sub)Urbanisms: From Dreamscape to Nightmare?

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Book SynopsisThis important book examines the ways in which same sex desire, or homosexuality has been theorised by psychoanalysis during its history to date and the impact of that on clinical practice. The authors explore a brief history of the developing social attitudes which influenced the evolution of psychoanalysis, from Freud's radical questioning of psychosexuality, to the later developments that assumed a moral high ground for heteronormativity and led to the diagnosis of other forms of sexual expression as perversions requiring treatment. The book elucidates contemporary developments in psychoanalytic thinking about sexuality from a post-heteronormative standpoint, including an examination of how heteronormative bias has relegated lived sexual experience to the sidelines. The book challenges this bias and introduces new ways of using psychoanalytic ideas as well as illustrating their relevance to clinical practice. Drawing on vignettes, the authors describe current challenges thTrade Review'If I were asked to recommend a text for an introductory course on human sexuality, Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality: A Contemporary Introduction would make the short list. In addition to learning about psychoanalysis’ sadly troubled history in this area, analytic candidates, graduate students and undergraduates will gain much from the authors’ contemporary theoretical and clinical insights about working with gay patients.'Jack Drescher, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, William Alanson White Institute; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University'This inspiring book challenges the discipline of psychoanalysis to reflect on the heteronormative tendencies it has sometimes displayed whilst also affirming the potential value of psychoanalytic perspectives on desire and identity in addressing homophobia. Not always a comfortable read, but an essential and ultimately a hopeful one.'Elizabeth Allison, DPhil, Director, UCL Psychoanalysis Unit Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The social origins of the concept of homosexuality 2. Freud and the evolution of his theories of sexuality 3. Psychoanalysis and homosexuality after Freud 4. Internalised homophobia and shame 5. Clinical challenges Postscript: The past, present and future; Public apology of the Finnish Psychoanalytic Society; British Psychoanalytic Council statement of regret January 2021; American Psychoanalytic Association issues overdue apology to LGBTQ community

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Book SynopsisMuch writing on men in the field of gender studies tends to focus unduly, almost exclusively, on portraying men as villains and women as victims in a moral bi-polar paradigm. Re-Thinking Men reverses the proclivity which ignores not only the positive contributions of men to society, but also the male victims of life including the homeless, the incarcerated, the victims of homicide, suicide, accidents, war and the draft, and sexism, as well as those affected by the failures of the health, education, political, and justice systems. Proceeding from a radically different perspective in seeking a more positive, balanced, and inclusive view of men (and women), this book presents three contrasting paradigms of men as heroes, villains, and victims. Revised and updated, and presenting data and studies from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, it offers a comparative and revised perspective on gender that will be of interest to scholars across a range of social sciences.<

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of how psychology and gender are closely interrelated. It examines, critiques, and debunks some of the theoretical premises from mainstream psychology while remaining mindful and respectful of their utilities. The book brings together psychological concepts, theories, and paradigms and examines how they interplay with gender studies going beyond the typical understanding of gender as merely demographic variable. The volume discusses important concepts such as gender role development and interpersonal relationships across caste, class, genders, sexualities, race, and region. It also studies the significant link between psychology and gender and with feminism, women's studies, the women's movement, the queer movement, queer studies, as well as other social movements. It uses an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach all through.This book will appeal to students, researchers, and teachers of psychology, applied psychology, gender andTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 A Prelude to Psychology and Gender Domains 2 Theoretical Frameworks of Understanding Gender 3 Gender and Social Psychology 4 Gender and Developmental Psychology 5 Gender and the Workplace 6 Exploring Gender and Sexualities 7 Understanding Feminist Psychotherapies 8 Gender and Mental Health Challenges 9 Psychology, Gender, and Media 10 Way Forward

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book explores the relevance of queer theory to Translation Studies and of translation to Global Sexuality Studies. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of queer theory, this book places queer theory and Translation Studies in a productive and mutually interrogating relationship.After framing the discussion of actual and potential interfaces between queer sexuality and queer textuality, the chapters trace the transnational circulation of queer texts, focusing on the place of translation in gay anthologies, the packaging of queer life writing for global audiences, and the translation of lyric poetry as a distinct site of queer performativity. Baer analyzes fictional translators in literature and film, the treatment of translation in historical and ethnographic studies of sexual and linguistic others, the work of queer translators, and the reception of queer texts in translation. Including a range of case sTrade Review"This book strides through an immense array of translation history and queer experience across many literary traditions, letting heretofore stationary concepts spin with a new multilingual luminosity. Lively, confident, and a true joy to read, Baer brings his decades of ambitious collaborative inquiry to bear in this masterwork, which puts to a certain end the ill-fitting love affair between queer theory and Anglophone monolingualism."David Gramling, University of Arizona, USA"Brian James Baer brings elegance and rigour to the conversation between queer theory and translation studies. This is a book rich in insight, immersed in the most vital currents of contemporary thought. The chapter on Charlotte von Mahlsdorf alone will ensure that this book becomes an essential reference." Sherry Simon, Concordia University, CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTextual and Sexual OrientationsChapter OneQueering Translation, or What Queer Theory Can Do for Translation StudiesChapter TwoQueering Global Sexuality Studies, or Translation and UneaseChapter ThreeQueering the Gay Anthology, Part I: Evolution in/of a GenreChapter FourQueering the Gay Anthology, Part II: From Appropriation to Consecration to IncorporationChapter FiveKeep the Lyric Queer, or Poetic Translation as Reparative ReadingChapter SixFrom Sexual Dissidence to Sexual Dissonance: Translating the Queer Life of Charlotte von MahlsdorfConclusionUneasy Reading, or Putting the Trans* in Translation StudiesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhile a majority of people identify as heterosexual if asked about their sexual identity, what does that really mean? How did identifying as straight arise, particularly in relation to identifying as queer, lesbian, and gay? How are individuals socialized to view themselves and others as straight, even when many people are sexually fluid? How do institutions like government bodies, the educational system, and the family reinforce heterosexuality? This collection introduces the field of Critical Heterosexualities Studies and key lines of inquiry within the field. Like Masculinity Studies and Whiteness Studies, Heterosexualities Studies critically examines the dominant category and identity group in order to illuminate the taken-for-granted assumptions that surround heterosexual identities. This critical perspective questions the idea that heterosexuality is natural, normal, and biologically driven. A recurring question throughout this Handbook is: what does it mean to say thatTable of ContentsIntroduction - Thinking Straightness: An Introduction to Critical Heterosexualities Studies Part 1: Origins, Histories, Theories 1. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence 2. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions 3. The Invention of Heterosexuality 4. Critique of Compulsory Heterosexuality Part 2: Heterosexualities Across the Life Course 5. Normalizing Heterosexuality: Mothers’ Assumptions, Talk, and Strategies with Young Children 6. "Your Father Wouldn’t Like It:" The Social Construction of Heterosexuality in Early Childhood 7. "Coming Out": Gender, (Hetero)Sexuality and the Primary School 8. The Ambiguity of "Having Sex": The Subjective Experience of Virginity Loss in the United States 9. Hooking Up: Hot Hetero sex or the New Numb Normative? 10. "Speaking as a Heterosexual": (How) Does Sexuality Matter for Talk-in-Interaction? 11. A Heterosexual Life: Older Women and Agency within Marriage and the Family Part 3: Straight Identities and Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender 12. Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism, Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality 13. Displaying Heterosexuality in An Inner City 14. Straight Women: Doing and Undoing Compulsory Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted American Culture 15. "Guys are Just Homophobic": Rethinking Adolescent Homophobia and Heterosexuality 16. "Sprinkle Some Gay on my Straight": Hybrid Hegemonic Masculinities in a Post-Gay Era 17. Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity: "Gender Normals", Transgender People, and the Social Maintenance of Heterosexuality Part 4: Straight States 18. Introduction to "The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America" 19. Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality Bill: Reflections from a Transnational Frame 20. One is not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Heterosexuality 21. Promoting Marriage for America: The Intimate Relationship Between the State and Heterosexuality Part 5: Rethinking Sexual Fluidity, Straight Privilege, and Allyship 22. Straight Girls Kissing: Heteroflexibility in the College Party Scene 23. A Mixed-Method Study of Same-Sex Kissing among College-Attending Heterosexual Men 24. Bud-Sex: Constructing Normative Masculinity Among Rural Straight Men That Have Sex with Men 25. ‘Straight with a Pinch of Bi’: The Contours of Male Heteroflexibility 26. No Homo 27. "With Allies Like These…": Toward a Sociology of Straight Allies

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Book SynopsisSame-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-nine countries and the subject of continued debate around the world. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique considers this debate from a political economy perspective. Rather than engaging directly in the now well-rehearsed social-movement and academic for-and-against debates, this book focuses on processes of institutionalization of same-sex marriage and so-called rainbow families within (neo)liberal capitalist democracies. It examines how states and markets appropriate same-sex marriage and family to enhance their own political and symbolic capital, consolidating power and profit within existing systems of gendered and raced socioeconomic stratification. Taking a radical feminist, heterodox, qualitative and intersectional approach, this book investigates the political economy of same-sex marriage across three axes: same-sex marriage as institution; same-sex marriage and the market; and the politTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I (Same-sex) marriage as institution 1. Marriage and family as value in liberal capitalist societies 2. From subversive challenge to liberal rights 3. State rationales: Three case studies Part II Selling same-sex marriage 4. Rainbowing the workplace 5. Same-sex wedding tourism 6. Same-sex marriage intersectionally: Gender, class and race dynamics Part III The political economy of "rainbow families" 7. "Working families": Parenting, productivity and policy 8. "Caring families" and the (still) gendered privatisation of risk 9. Gay dads: The "queered" political economy of surrogacy Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBoy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look at pop masculinity as exhibited by boy bands, this volume links the evolving expressions of gender and sexuality in the boy band to wider economic and social changes that have resulted in new ways of representing what it is to be a man.The popularity of boy bands is unquestionable, and their contributions to popular music are significant, yet they have attracted relatively little study. This book fills that gap with chapters exploring the challenges of defining the boy band phenomenon, its origins and history from the 1940s to the present, the role of management and marketing, the performance of gender and sexuality, and the nature of fandom and fan agency. Throughout, the author illuminates the wTable of ContentsIntroduction / Chapter One. Definitions: What Constitutes a Boy Band? / Chapter Two. From Barbershop to Mainstream Pop / Chapter Three. Constructing the Product / Chapter Four. Marketing and Promotion / Chapter Five. Weapons of Mass Seduction: Performing Pop Masculinity / Chapter Six. Fandom, Texts and Practices / Chapter Seven. Breaking Up, Making Up and Moving On

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Book SynopsisThe 21st Century in the United States continues to be marked by persistent disparities between members of different classes, races, genders, and sexual orientations. Influencers of this society seem bent on polarizing citizens along their diverse identities, often blaming those already disadvantaged for the nation's apparent plights. Elite white men still benefit from a political, economic, and social hegemony and some ardently resist an egalitarian society. Preserving American democracy rests in the hands of young Americans committed to equity and social justice. In Got Solidarity?, Jörg Vianden reports the results from the Straight White College Men Project, a nationwide qualitative study of how heterosexual white college men experience or perceive campus and community diversity issues. In college, few white men tend to engage in majors, discussions, or courses on diversity, inclusion, equity, or social justice. Indeed, many white men say that they haveTrade ReviewJörg Vianden offers a rare in-depth study of young straight white men, a study about and for them. Revisiting issues of diversity and inclusion assessed by others, but in more depth, he finds their segregated upbringing creates narrow white-male-framed perspectives that disengage them from understanding and challenging societal oppressions. He goes beyond problematizing to offer proposals for raising their equity consciousnesses, improving campus climates, and fostering social justice advocacy and change.Joe Feagin, Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, and author of The White Racial Frame (Routledge) and Racist America (Routledge)In an era when divisiveness reigns and individuals with privilege are feeling increasingly embolden to perpetrate micro and macroaggressions, Got Solidarity? is a timely and important book. Vianden invites straight white men into the social justice conversation and encourages them to take responsibility for acting in solidarity with oppressed communities. Vianden argues that it is essential for white men researchers to do their "part to disrupt white supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity." With this book, Vianden has done just that. Got Solidarity is a must read for not only straight white men, but also college educators, activists, and peers of all races, genders, and sexualities who could use a little solidarity in their quest for social justice.Annemarie Vaccaro, Professor and Program Director, University of Rhode Island It’s not likely the title of this book will inspire most white college men to read it. Which is precisely why the work is so important. Drawing on the lived experiences of today’s undergraduates, Vianden persuasively explains why educators are duty-bound to focus on loosening the chains of socialization that perpetuate inequities while advancing efforts to promote social justice. George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, Indiana UniversityScholars have been writing about white cisgender men and asking what’s wrong with them. Vianden turns his investigative gaze both inward and outward to study white cisgender men and illuminates critical historical, contextual and intersectional subjectivities to tell a story for men. This important book invites educators to more effectively engage students from privileged backgrounds in discussion about power and oppression. It also provides guidance for moving beyond the shame and blame game toward building the kind of solidarity necessary to more forcefully fight for social justice.Tracy Davis, Professor and Director of the College Student Personnel Program, Western Illinois UniversityEvery straight white man would benefit greatly from reading this important book. Campuses would be safer and more equitable for women, people of color, and LGBTQ persons if straight white men did what Vianden thoughtfully advocates in this text.Shaun R. Harper, Provost Professor of Education and Business, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Building Solidarity and Challenging Social Justice Advocacy in Straight White College Men; 2. Growing up White and Male: Learning about Diversity in Communities, Schools, and Families; 3. What's in it for me? Defining, Experiencing, and Considering Engaging in Diversity in College; 4. White is Norm: Acknowledging Privilege, Power, and Oppression on Campus; 5. It's Hard to Speak Up: Challenging Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia; 6. What's my Responsibility? Strategies to Engage Straight White College Men in Social Change; References; Index; Appendix A – Research Sites; Appendix B – Sample Demographic Information

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Book SynopsisMasculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.Trade ReviewDr. Thomas Keith's new book is proof that there are a numerous amount of innovative ways to engage traditional material. In the tradition of James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me" and Cornel West & bell hooks "Breaking Bread" this is the new book that the academy will be talking about. Ironically it is a text book that never quite feels like one. With a philosopher's approach to unpacking complex material, yet through the lens of an ex-musician, Dr. Keith tells a profoundly lyrical story that feels like he himself authored the manual for making dysfunctional men, just so that he could tell us how to make repairs. He perhaps is never better in his unabashed and very personal analysis of men and their masculine representation in various forms of media.Dr. Keith invites us to travel with him as he systematically dismantles the rhyme and reason behind men's actions, both consciously and subconsciously. He paints a poignant picture of the problems visited upon men living and evolving in a patriarchal society, the crisis that accompany being boys, managing masculinity (in sports, as a father, within an organization, and even during the aging process) along the way to becoming men, and the difficulty in avoiding the inescapable violence, pornography, and misogyny inherent within too many romantic relationships.If you are interested in acquiring the tools to create conversations that lead to deeper understanding, personal epiphanies, and yes, revelations for men to self reflect and own the fact that we can actually be better, and more importantly, do better, then there is no better place to start your exploration than with Dr. Keith's intersectional approach. As a social justice educator for many years in as many educational environments I honestly know no better intellectual armament to wage war against the menace of masculinity than this ground breaking text. Open it, read it, and then see if you can avoid wanting to tell others about it. I seriously doubt you can or would want to.Dr. J.W. WileyChief Diversity Officer - SUNY PlattsburghLecturer, Philosophy & Interdisciplinary StudiesAuthor - The NIGGER In You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership MomentsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Patriarchy, Male Privilege, and the Consequences of Living in a Patriarchal SocietyChapter 2: Men and the Nature - Nurture DebateChapter 3: Men's Movements and OrganizationsChapter 4: The Boy CrisisChapter 5: FatherhoodChapter 6: Men and Media I: The Construction of 'Normal'Chapter 7: Men and Media II: Advertising, Heteronormativity, and the Construction of Male InsecurityChapter 8: Music and MasculinityChapter 9: Boys, Men, and SportsChapter 10: Men, Anger, Violence, and CrimeChapter 11: Men, Sex, and PornographyChapter 12: Men, Health, and AgingPostscript: The Future of Masculinity

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Book SynopsisThe overarching mission of the rescue services comprises three main areas of responsibility: protection against disasters and accidents; crisis management; and civil defence. This mission covers a long chain of obligations in trying to improve societal prevention capabilities and manage threats, risks, accidents, and disasters concerning generic as well as individual safety. It follows a reactive social chain of threat-risk-crisis-crisis management-care-rehabilitation. The authors in this book show that the interesting occupational characteristics of these societal duties are their connection to gender and crisis management in a wider sense. Gendered practices, processes, identities, and symbols are analytical lenses that provide a particular understanding and explanatory base that has received far too little attention in the academic literature. This book identifies four major themes in relation to a gendered understanding of the rescue services, and more generally emergencyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: masculinities, gender equality, crisis management and the rescue services: contested terrains and challenges, Ulf Mellström, Mathias Ericson, Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Katherine Harrison, Kristina Lindholm and Jennie Olofsson; Masculinity, sexualisation and the proactive turn in the firefighter profession, Mathias Ericson; Masculinity, emotions and ‘communities of relief’ among male emergency medical technicians, Morten Kyed; Masculinities and the dynamics of labour and power in the watch, Sarah O’Connor; Institutional patriarchy, auto-critique and resilience - a comparative gaze, Dave Baigent; Stray dogs and women are prohibited in the sentry on the spatial effects of fire fighters’ homosocial practices, Jennie Olofsson; Unpacking the black box of IDA: standardisation and disappearing gender, Katherine Harrison; Collaboration as a tool for implementing equality politics, Anne-Charlott Callerstig and Kristina Lindholm; Agents for change? Gender equality efforts in the Swedish rescue services, Ulrika Jansson; Index.

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It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an important part of this.Issues such as high divorce rates, new family structures, increased mobility, women's liberation and contraception are very common in society. This book sets out to explore what has happened to men and to fathers during all these changes and transitions. Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations, including: the role of the father at different stage of children's development the missing father loss of a father grandfathers. It is argued that the father is important, not only to support the main carer (usually the mother) but also to provide a caring, thinking, comfortable, confident presence.

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Book SynopsisSince the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'. All these movements share a concern that spirituality has become too feminine and that men's experiences of the spiritual are being marginalized. The task of masculine spirituality is to promote 'authentic' masculine characteristics within a spiritual context. Numen, Old Men examines these characteristics to argue that masculine spirituality is thinly veiled patriarchy. The mythopoetic, evangelical, and Catholic men's movements are shown to promote a hetero-patriarchal spirituality by appealing to either combative and oppressive neo-Jungian archetypes or biblical models of man as the leader of the family. Numen, Old Men examines spiritualities that aim to honour and transcend both the masculine and feminine, and offers gay spirituality as an example of masculine spirituality that resists patriarchy.Trade Review‘Will be useful to students and researchers interested in the relation between masculinity and Christianity in the US. Recommended.’ – Choice‘Should appeal to a wide ranging number of disciplines and practitioners … a stimulating text.’ – Reviews in Religion and Theology‘This book is an insightful and useful work particularly suited to our emerging post-dualist times. [It] is eminently readable, well-structured and will provide food for thought to theologians, social scientists, therapists and counselors alike.’ – BASR Bulletin‘A very readable book which presents a lot of sharp insights, creative thinking, different perspectives and deserves a RECOMMENDED!’ – Religion and GenderTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Mythopoetic Movement: Getting it Wrong from the Start 3. The Evangelical Men’s Movement: Networking, Violence and Sport 4. The Catholic Men’s Movement: Sacraments and Adoration 5. Integral or Muscular Spirituality? 6. Gay Spirituality: A Way Out for Men 7. Sexual Difference, Spirituality and Space 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. While there is a vast Eurocentric scholarship on gender and sexuality, there has been little work addressing these issues within the Chinese context.Trade Review'Theorising Chinese Masculinity is a welcome addition to studies on gender - both globally and in terms of China specifically. The book is a boon for those teaching Chinese gender studies in that it offers accessible and stimulating insights into the iconography and representations of Chinese masculinity.' Asian Studies Review'This book is unique in its originality as it provides a much-needed account of masculinity in Chinese society and beyond … a breath of fresh air … For anyone concerned with understanding the construction of cultural and sexual identities, this book offers needed insights into a long neglected arena of masculinity. Louie's stimulating and readable account of the construction of Chinese masculinity could not have arrived at a better time.' Sociology'In [the book], Kam Louie offers us a very clear and concise analysis of the cultural models of Chinese masculinity from ancient imperial times to the present age of transnational contact … Louie's book could be considered a pioneering effort to provide a rather comprehensive study of this subject. Besides describing in detail the historical development of the male image from premodern to contemporary times, Louie also focuses on the ways in which Chinese men have been represented under the Western gaze and how these representations have negotiated with the dominant Western culture.' Philosophy East and WestTable of Contents1. Introducing wen-wu: towards a definition of Chinese masculinity; 2. Portrait of the God of War Guan Yu: sex, politics and wu masculinity; 3. Confucius as sage, teacher, businessman: transformations of the wen Icon; 4. Scholars and intellectuals: representations of wen masculinity past and present; 5. The working-class hero: images of wu in traditional and Post-Mao fiction; 6. Women's voices: the ideal 'woman's man' in the twentieth century; 7. Lao She's The Two Mas and foreign wives: constructing wen masculinity for the modern world; 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat: internationalising wu masculinity; 9. Wen-wu reconstructed: Chinese masculinity hybridised and globalised; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat did it mean to be a Frankish nobleman in an age of reform? How could Carolingian lay nobles maintain their masculinity and their social position, while adhering to new and stricter moral demands by reformers concerning behaviour in war, sexual conduct and the correct use of power? This book explores the complex interaction between Christian moral ideals and social realities, and between religious reformers and the lay political elite they addressed. It uses the numerous texts addressed to a lay audience (including lay mirrors, secular poetry, political polemic, historical writings and legislation) to examine how biblical and patristic moral ideas were reshaped to become compatible with the realities of noble life in the Carolingian empire. This innovative analysis of Carolingian moral norms demonstrates how gender interacted with political and religious thought to create a distinctive Frankish elite culture, presenting a new picture of early medieval masculinity.Trade Review'It is a welcome addition to a field of scholarship that rarely discusses the Frankish Empire, preferring instead either to end studies in late antiquity or to begin with the Gregorian reforms. Stone's monograph is particularly impressive in its ability to reconstruct a general sense of prevailing cultural attitudes from diverse sources without falling into the trap of simplifying and harmonizing them. Moreover, she successfully integrates her investigation into both moral attitudes and questions of masculinity in such a manner that the two potentially divergent topics enrich one another, rather than cause a lack of focus. Stone's conclusions are as insightful as they are reasonable … Scholars working on a variety of subjects will find the work a useful read, while specialists will appreciate the reappraisal of existing theories and the development of original points of interest.' Erin Thomas Dailey, German History'There are many thought-provoking insights and new arguments to be found in Stone's ambitious book. All scholars of Carolingian Europe, the medieval nobility, and medieval masculinity should read it.' Eric J. Goldberg, Early Medieval EuropeTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Moral texts and lay audiences; 3. Warfare; 4. Imagining power; 5. Central power; 6. Personal power; 7. Power and wealth; 8. Marriage; 9. Sex; 10. Men and morality; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisPresents a guide to social etiquette for men.Trade Review"...men should welcome this book." -- Andy Spade, CEO and creative director, Kate Spade LLC "A helpful manners survival guide for figuring out those sticky everyday situations." -- Joshua Piven, coauthor of The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook "[Peter Post] has masterfully tackled a specific market that desperately needs his advice." -- Letitia Baldrige "...tells men, in a readable and unscolding way, the basics of what they need to know." -- Chicago Sun-Times "...a fast-paced and witty guide to help men handle everyday situations." -- Charlotte Observer "...a sensible, realistic guide for men on how to relate to others with grace, courtesy, and charm." -- Elegant Weddings magazine

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Book SynopsisWith a rare clarity and fearless honesty, journalist Daemon Fairless tackles the horrors and compulsions of male violence from the perspective of someone who struggles with violent impulses himself, creating a non-fiction masterpiece with the narrative power of novels such as Fight Club and A History of Violence.A man, no matter how civilized, is still an animal--and sometimes a dangerous one. Men are responsible for the lion's share of assault, rape, murder and warfare. Conventional wisdom chalks this up to socialization, that men are taught to be violent. And they are. But there's more to it. Violence is a dangerous desire--a set of powerful and inherent emotions we are loath to own up to. And so there remains a hidden geography to male violence--an inner ecosystem of rage, dominance, blood-lust, insecurity and bravado--yet to be mapped. Mad Blood Stirring is journalist Daemon Fairless's riveting first-person travelogue through t

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Book SynopsisBespoke tailoring has been synonymous with Savile Row for more than 150 years. Its venerable institutions are responsible for producing the world's most exquisite suits for elite clients who include celebrated entertainers, athletes, businessmen, politicians and royals. Now, as the Row moves firmly into the 21st century, its tailors are embracing unusual fabrics, new colours and modern tastes to update its long-held traditions and reach an ever-broader client base. Master cutter Richard Anderson has worked on Savile Row for over thirty-five years and co-founded his company, Richard Anderson Ltd, in 2001. Here he introduces the traditional craft of cutting a bespoke suit and garments, showcasing twenty-five classic menswear designs that have been creatively adapted in new and unusual ways for the modern gentleman. Anderson tells the story of each piece, from a rakish red seersucker coat to a show-stopping black sequined dinner jacket, and explores the fascinating history of the diverse fabrics and cuts. Original sketches, patterns and photographs reveal the time, dedication and precision that go into creating a truly custom-made piece. This lively bible of sartorial know-how will inspire anyone looking to commission a bespoke garment of his own.Trade Review'There are few as qualified to write about the Row as Anderson' - GQ'A must-read for anyone with an interest in the very best of luxury British style' - The Jackal'Highly recommended for all sartorial men and women' - Grey Fox'Explores the history of the street's most famous creations, and shows you how they're still superbly suited for a modern man's wardrobe' - GQ'Explores some of the most iconic fashion designs for men' - Mail on Sunday'A nerd’s guide to everything from the notch lapel to the rain pinstripe' - The Times'A lively bible of sartorial know-how full of insight, information and inspiration' - The Art of Luxury'Beautifully written and designed' - Business of Fashion, Books of the Year 2018Table of ContentsIntroduction • Light Fare • Strong Suits • Atypical Tweeds • Top Coats • Regalia Redux

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Book SynopsisSteve Chapman, avid hunter and author of A Look at Life from a Deer Stand (300,000 copies sold!) offers this pocket-sized devotional bound in suede-like Milano. Readers will experience great hunting adventures while discovering the joy of God’s presence, insights into His character, and biblical wisdom. An ideal gift.Trade Review“All hunters know the value of pausing to carefully examine their surroundings. Steve Chapman does just that in this devotional collection, aiming his keen powers of observation at matters of faith, and life in general, from the elevated perspective of a deer stand. Journey with Steve to a quiet spot in forest or field, and listen carefully for God's voice.” —Kent Kiefer, Sr. Vice President, Operations, Focus on the Family“Once again, Steve Chapman has opened the door to the hunter and allowed us to see God in the outdoors. What a tremendous book to ‘carry along’ and enjoy in our favorite treestand or blind. I highly recommend that all those who love the outdoors spend time with Steve as he once again takes us into the ‘woods’ and shares his Love for God with the reader.”—Donald Hicks

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