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The University of Chicago Press The Voice of the Rural Music Poetry and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a fascinating and entirely original piece of work. I know of no work in the field that deals in such depth with how critically important music from the home country is to the lives of migrant workers from the Middle East. Ciucci offers us a detailed and fascinating investigation of the multiple ways in which this musical tradition carries meaning for these migrants.” -- Ted Swedenburg, author of Memories of Revolt: The 1936-39 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past“Voicing the Rural is more than a book about North African migration to Europe. With one foot firmly in the vast, phosphate-rich plains region of central Morocco and the other planted in the “urbanized countryside” of central Italy, Alessandra Ciucci vividly explores how Moroccan migrant men use earthy fragments of sung colloquial poetry to open paths between the rural lives they have left in North Africa and the other kinds of rural lives they are creating in Europe.” -- Jonathan Glasser, author of The Lost Paradise: Andalusi Music in Urban North Africa"By maintaining geography, nationalism, race, gender, class, labor exploitation, culture preservation, and loss of the music and voice traditions of the Moroccan old country within the frame, Ciucci paves a new way of understanding the anthropology of work as a distinct realm of scholarship. The book’s social and linguistic perspectives on the psychology of trauma and the persistent musical habits inherent to migration are novel lenses through which one can view agrarian labor anthropologically. Indeed, Ciucci describes for anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, and migrant laborers a way to, together, hold knowledge and build understanding across cultures." * Society for the Anthropology of Work *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Note on Names and Transliteration Introduction 1 The Engendering and the Othering of l-ʿarubi and l-ʿarubiya in Morocco 2 The Voyage: Voicing l-ʿarubiya in the Crossing 3 Spectral Guests, Marocchini, and “Real Men” 4 Longing (ḥnin), Intimacy (rasi rasək), and Belonging (intima): Voicing l-ʿarubiya Conclusion: Returns Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Men Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence
Book SynopsisMen, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence examines how gender and other social identities and inequalities shape experiences of, and responses to, violence in intimate relationships. It provides new insights into men as both perpetrators and victims of violence, as well as on how to involve men and boys in anti-violence work.The chapters explore partner violence from the perspectives of researchers, therapists, activists, organisations, media as well as men of different background and sexual orientation. Highlighting the distinct and ambivalent ways we relate to violence and masculinity, this timely volume provides nuanced approaches to men, masculinity and intimate partner violence in various societies in the global North and South.This book foregrounds scholarship on men and masculinities in the context of intimate partner violence. By doing so, it revitalises feminist theorising and research on partner abuse, and brings together the fields of masculiTable of Contents1. Introduction: What Has Masculinity to Do with Intimate Partner Violence?2. ‘A Life of Violence’: Some Theoretical/Political/Personal Accountings on ‘Masculinities’ and ‘Intimate Partner Violence’3. Theorising Masculinity and Intimate Partner Violence4. Men from the South: Feminist, Decolonial and Intersectional Perspectives on Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence5. The Rape Capital or the Most Gender-equal Country in the World? Masculinity, Hybridity and Young Men’s Intimate Partner Violence in Sweden6. Masculinist Discourses on Intimate Partner Violence: Antifeminist Men Defending White Heterosexual Male Supremacy7. Behind Closed Doors: Hegemonic Masculinities, Romantic Love, and Sexual Violence in Gay Relationships8. Exploring Trans Men’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Through the Lens of Cisgenderism9. Male Victims of Violence and Men’s Rights Struggles: A Perfect Match?10. Considering ‘Treatment’ and Gender in Programmes for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators11. Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention12. Positioning as a Tool in Work with Fathers Who Have Been Violent in the Family13. Re-Envisioning Interventions for Partner Violent Men in the Global South Through Decolonial Feminist Praxes14. Rethinking Masculinities, Culture and Interventions with Partner-violent Men in Brazil
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Harvard University Press Deep Secrets
Book SynopsisDeep Secrets reveals the false story we tell about boys, friendships, and human nature. Niobe Way argues that boys experience a “crisis of connection” as they approach manhood. Human needs and capacities are given a sex (female) and a sexuality (gay), and thus are discouraged for those who are neither.Trade Review[Deep Secrets] offers a surprising glimpse into the hearts of American boys, revealing a group of lonely young men who crave acceptance and belonging and deeply miss the friendships of their childhood...Compulsively readable...Way recounts the hundreds of interviews her team conducted in American high schools. The voices present are heartbreakingly authentic in revealing a pattern, a gradual drift away from "emotionally intimate same-sex friendships" with other boys and toward a destructive stereotype of manliness that perpetuate the false notion that "boys are only interested in one thing." * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *The stories that Way and her research team have persuaded boys to tell are a welcome corrective to the stereotyping of males as essentially unfeeling and/or incapable of communicating their feelings, which has been such a striking (and offensive) feature of recent discourse on gender differences. Way deserves our gratitude for bringing to the surface what seems lately to have become the deepest secret of all: that the needs, desires and feelings of boys and girls, or men and women, are at bottom far more similar than different. -- Deborah Cameron * Times Higher Education *Way's book should provide encouragement to parents wondering whether they are setting their children, especially their sons, up for abuse by encouraging closeness and defiance of gender stereotypes, particularly those concerning close same-sex friends. Way asserts that the need and ability for connection is as keen in boys as it is in girls, and she backs up her assertion with plenty of data and close reading of the literature. Connection is not something one needs to teach, as the author so eloquently demonstrates; it is something one needs to foster. The text is beautifully written, and the boys' stories are interspersed with explanations and discussion substantiated by the literature. A truly approachable piece of work for a wide audience. -- J. F. Heberle * Choice *Deep Secrets tells a story of American teenagers in baggy jeans and T-shirts, with a basketball under the arm, expressing extraordinary sensitivity and tenderness about their same-sex friends, and expecting the same in return. The disappearance of this gentle world, it seems, scars them for life, and appears to do extensive damage to the culture at large... In short, this is an extremely important book, a revelation in a way, and one of the most absorbing academic publications I've ever had the privilege of reading. -- Bradley Winterton * Taipei Times *In Way's groundbreaking Deep Secrets, boys who have long been obscured by cultural myths come alive and let us all in on their most promising, most human dimensions. This is a book that should start educators and parents rethinking how we support our sons' lives. -- Michael C. Reichert, coauthor of Reaching Boys, Teaching BoysThe book that changes the discussion about boys. Let the secret out! -- Michael Kaufman, author of Cracking the Armour: Power, Pain, and the Lives of MenDeep Secrets is a much needed and insightful book. Niobe Way rescues us from the simplistic view that 'boys will be boys' to reveal the depth of boys' emotional lives. From her careful and extensive research over two decades comes a compelling and memorable portrait of real boys' lives. -- Gary Barker, author of Dying to Be Men: Youth, Masculinity, and Social ExclusionWay's moving analysis of the intimate lives of boys challenges the reader to reconsider many of the widely held assumptions about what it means to grow up male in America today. By sharing their stories of loss, their fears of rejection, their hopes and dreams of connection, Way introduces us to the world of adolescent males so that we can see them as they are and not as we may have imagined. -- Pedro A. Noguera, author of The Trouble with Black Boys
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Harvest House Publishers,U.S. Man After Gods Own Heart A Updated and Expanded
Book SynopsisGod knows what it takes for you to experience the satisfaction that comes from living a life of purpose. Commit now to becoming a man after God's own heartyou'll find it the most rewarding pursuit ever!
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Transgender Studies Reader Remix
Book SynopsisThe Transgender Studies Reader Remix assembles 50 previously published articles to orient students and scholars alike to current directions in the fast-evolving interdisciplinary field of transgender studies.The volume is organized into ten thematic sections on trans studies' engagements with feminist theory, queer theory, Black studies, science studies, Indigeneity and coloniality, history, biopolitics, cultural production, the posthumanities, and intersectional approaches to embodied difference. It includes a selection of highly cited works from the two-volume The Transgender Studies Reader, more recently published essays, and some older articles in intersecting fields that are in conversation with where transgender studies is today. Editors Susan Stryker and Dylan McCarthy Blackston provide a foreword, an introduction, and a short abstract of each article that, taken together, document key texts and interdisciplinary connections foundational tTable of ContentsI. Trans/Feminisms 1. The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto, Sandy Stone 2. Sappho by Surgery: The Transsexually Constructed Lesbian-Feminist, Janice G. Raymond 3. A Transvestite Answers a Feminist, Lou Sullivan 4. Transfeminism: Something Else, Somewhere Else, Karine Espineira and Sam Bourcier 5. Transmasculine Insurgency: Masculinity and Dissidence in Feminist Movements in México, Daniel B. Coleman II. Trans Matters, Black Matters 6. My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage, Susan Stryker 7. The Trans*-Ness of Blackness, the Blackness of Trans*-Ness, Marquis Bey 8. Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book, Hortense J. Spillers 9. TransMaterialities: Trans*/Matter/Realities and Queer Political Imaginings, Karen Barad 10. "Theorizing in a Void": Sublimity, Matter, and Physics in Black Feminist Poetics, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson III. The Coloniality of (Trans) Gender 11. Twin-Spirited Woman: Sts'iyóye smestíyexw slhá:li, Saylesh Wesley 12. The Coloniality of Gender, María Lugones 13. Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California, Deborah A. Miranda 14. Selection From Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldúa 15. Decolonizing Transgender in India: Some Reflections, Anirudha Dutta and Raina Roy IV. Queer Gender and Its Discontents 16. Selection From Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Judith Butler 17. "The White to Be Angry": Vaginal Davis’s Terrorist Drag, José Esteban Muñoz 18. The Transgender Look, Jack Halberstam 19. Judith Butler: Queer Feminism, Transgender, and the Transsubstantiation of Sex, Jay Prosser 20. Getting Disciplined: What’s Trans* About Queer Studies Now?, Cáel M. Keegan V. Sexology and Its Critics 21. "Case 131: Gynandry" From Psychopathia Sexualis, Richard von Krafft-Ebing 22. "Case 13" From The Transvestites: The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress, Magnus Hirschfeld 23. Trans* Plasticity and the Ontology of Race and Species, Kadji Amin 24. The Matter of Gender, Nikki Sullivan 25. Trans of Color Critique Before Transsexuality, Jules Gill-Peterson VI. Regulating Embodiment 26. Trans Necropolitics: A Transnational Reflection on Violence, Death, and the Trans of Color Afterlife, C. Riley Snorton and Jin Haritaworn 27. Trans Law and Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape, Dean Spade 28. Artful Concealment and Strategic Visibility: Transgender Bodies and U.S. State Surveillance After 9/11, Toby Beauchamp 29. Electric Brilliancy: Cross-Dressing Law and Freak Show Displays in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco, Clare Sears 30. Incarceration, Identity Politics, and the Trans-Cis Divide, Paisley Currah VII. Historicizing Trans 31. Trans, Time, and History, Leah Devun and Zeb Tortorici 32. Towards a Transgender Archeology: A Queer Rampage Through Prehistory, Mary Wiesmantel 33. ONE Inc. and Reed Erickson: The Uneasy Collaboration of Gay and Trans Activism, 1964–2003, Aaron H. Devor and Nicholas Matte 34. Pharmaco-Pornographic Regime: Sex, Gender, and Subjectivity in the Age of Punk Capitalism, Paul B. Preciado 35. Reading Transsexuality in "Gay" Tehran (Around 1979), Afsaneh Najmabadi VIII. Transing the Non/Human 36. A Cyborg Manifesto: An Ironic Dream of a Common Language for Women in the Integrated Circuit, Donna J. Haraway 37. Biohacking Gender: Cyborgs, Coloniality, and the Pharmacopornographic Era, Hil Malatino 38. Animals Without Genitals: Race and Transsubstantiation, Mel Y. Chen 39. Lessons From a Starfish, Eva Hayward 40. Trans Animisms, Abram J. Lewis IX. Trans Cultural Production 41. Embracing Transition, or Dancing in the Folds of Time, Julian Carter 42. Performance as Intravention: Ballroom Culture and the Politics of HIV/AIDS in Detroit, Marlon M. Bailey 43. The Labor of Werqing It: The Performance and Protest Strategies of Sir Lady Java, Treva Ellison 44. Transgender Chican@ Poetics: Contesting, Interrogating, and Transforming Chicana/o Studies, Francisco J. Galarte 45. Shimmering Phantasmagoria: Trans/Cinema/Aesthetics in an Age of Technological Reproducibility, Eliza Steinbock X. Intersectionality and Embodiment 46. Pauli Murray’s Peter Panic: Perspectives From the Margins of Gender and Race in Jim Crow America, Simon D. Elin Fisher 47. A Black Feminist Statement, The Combahee River Collective 48. Selection From Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling With Cure, Eli Clare 49. Hermaphrodites With Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism, Cheryl Chase 50. Undetectability in a Time of Trans Visibility, Christopher Joseph Lee
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Asexuality and FreudianLacanian Psychoanalysis
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sexual and Gender Difference in the British Navy
Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of a variety of important records that will give readers insight into key themes into the history of what its criminal code called the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery- sex between males - in the Royal Navy. The richest sources are transcripts of trials, including ones that erupted into public scandals and ones that provide a vivid window into the sexual cultures of the navy. The book also provides lists of important records in the naval archive and will serve as a guide to finding and interpreting them. This important volume, accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, opens up this history and archive to researchers, teachers, and students studying queer history, the history of gender and sexuality, and naval and maritime history.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1: Tolerance and Punishment "The Unnatural and Detestable Sin": The Ban on Same-Sex Contact in the Articles of War (1661 and 1749) "He was Pleased with all his other Attempts upon Him": Relationships between Three Sailors from HMS Expedition (1705) Vigilante Violence: An Attack on a Member of the "Vile Clan" (1731) Avoiding Trial: A Newspaper Reports Discretionary Punishments (1735) Sex in the Foretop: The trial of Hugh Ducaty and William Tofts (1738) "A Very Extraordinary Kind of Sea Discipline": "Amazonian" Women Punish Buggery on HMS Princess Amelia (1742) Punishing and Permitting Same-Sex Acts at Sea: Press Coverage (1747, 1757) Executing a Boy for Buggery: The George Newton and Thomas Finley Trial (1761) "I Did What I Had no Right to Do": Captain Graham Moore Chooses Summary Punishment (1788, 1793) "Striking Examples": The Admiralty Attempts to Punish Marine James Parker (1811) How to Prosecute Same-Sex Acts: Naval Jurist John McArthur on Buggery at Sea (1813) "The Last Person in the Ship I Should Have Suspected": The Trial of Seaman Thomas Randall (1815) "A Tragic Incident": Lieutenant John Towne’s Account of a Buggery Hanging (1833) Part 2: Queer Tars "It was much better to lay with one another": Quartermaster Thomas Pike Plans an Assignation on HMS York (1701) "An Odd Affair which Lately Happened": A Cross-Dressing Cabin Boy (1739) "A Backdoor Man": Marine Officers Fight over Masculinity in a Plymouth Tavern (1755) "Tender Expressions… Not Becoming Men": Intimacy Between Officers on HMS Raven (1775) "The Little Female Tar": A Cross-Dressing Sailor Testifies in a Buggery Trial (1809) "A Correspondence… Not Fit to be Named": Tobias Smollett’s Captain Whiffle and Mr. Simper (1748) "I am No Man to be Tried by a Court Martial": A Sailor Pleads "Neutrality of Gender" (1803) "The Childish Vice of Boys": Adolescent Sexual Activity Aboard HMS Africaine (1816) "A Thorn Has Been Given Him In the Flesh": Naval Officer James Woolls Describes His Same-Sex Desire (1818) Part 3: In Print Reports of Same-Sex Acts in Seventeenth-Century Newspapers (1650, 1654) "Any Port in a Storm": A Sailor Risks Sodomy in Fanny Hill (1748) The Lieutenant Thomas Wye Affair: A Buggery Case on Shore (1755-56) "Indecent Familiarities with Mankind": William Benbow Recalls the Captain Charles Sawyer Scandal (1823) "A Case of Unparalleled Hardship": Lieutenant Arthur W. Adair Appeals to the Nation for Justice (1807, 1809) "A Full Acquittal": Captain Thomas G. Muston Insists on his Innocence in Print (1812) "Familiarity with Gross Pollution": Captain Edward Hawker on Female Sex Workers and Same-Sex Intimacy in the Navy (1821) Part 4: Naval Buggery Scandals "Is It Not What Great Men Do?": The Edward Rigby Scandal (1698) The HMS Stag Affair: Captain Henry Angel is Arrested by His Officers (1762, 1805) "But for this Detestable Propensity": Lieutenant William Berry (1807) "Guilty of an Abominable Offence": Naval Surgeon James Nehemiah Taylor (1809) Part 5: "A Man F – g Ship": The Same-Sex Subculture on HMS Africaine Sworn Statements from the Officers’ Investigation on HMS Africaine (October-November 1815) Sworn Statements from the Admiralty’s investigation (December 1815) Admiral Edward Thornbrough’s Report on the Africaine Punishments (1816) Press Coverage of the Africaine Trials and Punishments Part 6: The Victorian Navy "Considered the Prisoner as a Father": The Lieutenant Richard Inman Scandal (1838) "So Full an Acquittal": The Trials of Lieutenant Lionel R. Place (1842) "To Throw Himself Upon the Protection of the Publick": Defending Lieutenant Henry Stokes (1844-1845) "Revolting Charges Against a Naval Officer": Lieutenant George Armitage Brings a Perjury Accusation (1862-1864) "Charged with Insobriety and Indecency": The Trial of Lieutenant Frederick W. Kuper (1871) "Foul Offence and Exemplary Punishment": The Trial and Flight of Navigating Sub-Lieutenant William Renwick (1873) "In the Water Closet of a Café at Gibraltar": The Trial of Seamen Robert Simpson and Henry Keenor (1874) Appendix A: Surviving Records of British Navy Trials Related to Sex and Gender, 1690-1900BibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking the Psychoanalysis of Masculinity
Book SynopsisDrawing on a broad range of psychoanalytic, cultural and social influences, the author examines the concept of toxic masculinity for how it brings into focus a widespread anxiety about toxicity throughout daily life: In nature, society and personal relationships.Aggressive, misogynistic masculinity has become a major topic in recent years, spreading throughout popular culture, the media and research. Often called ''phallic,'' it simmers in everyday life and hits the headlines for turning florid and violent in maintaining its dominance, especially towards women. But at the extreme, phallic masculinity has recently crystallized in a very different form, as toxic masculinity, and ''toxic'' has become the near-universal epithet for all forms of extreme destructiveness in a ''toxic culture.'' It has brought into focus, and named as masculine, an anxiety over toxicity in every corner of everyday life. Exploring toxic masculinity in depth brings out a misogynistic currenTrade Review'The psychoanalytic understanding of male sexuality has tended towards overemphasising the penis, and scotomotising the testicles. The dominance of this discourse has served to maximise exploration of the phallic and minimise interest in the generative aspects (the seminal), both clinically and socially. Karl Figlio, a highly respected psychoanalytic clinician, has spent his professional life exploring the boundaries between psychoanalysis and culture. This book is exemplary in this respect showing the interpenetration of the individual and the social. It makes a profound contribution to our understanding of male sexuality and is particularly timely, as toxic male sexuality is an increasingly dominant feature of our world.' David Bell is a psychoanalyst and former president of the British Psychoanalytic Society and currently chair of its applied section. He retired in 2021 after 25 years as a consultant at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust'Toxic masculinity is a concept now reached for as if it were a given, not a matter for enquiry. This scholarly and original book offers a fresh look at the roots of masculine identity, linking the other fashionable theme of masculine fragility to the defence provided by the phallic omnipotence at the heart of what we mean by toxic. Figlio argues with vigour and eloquence for a more complex understanding of male anxieties, emphasising the procreative power of the male and the inevitable dread of failure to create. This builds a bridge to shared thinking about what we humans most desire and fear the loss of, men and women.'Margaret Rustin is a child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and British Psychoanalytic Society'Professor Karl Figlio has broadened my professional and personal horizons with this highly original book. By introducing seminal masculinity, he is venturing beyond the traditional limitations of thinking about men in reductionist, phallic terms. With its important theoretical elucidations enriched by carefully selected clinical material and links to timely social issues, this groundbreaking work contributes greatly to deepening our thinking about masculinities.'Sebastian Thrul, senior psychiatrist and head of the clinic for Gender Issues at Psychiatrie Baselland, Switzerland, and host of the podcast New Books in Psychoanalysis'Karl Figlio brings a fresh perspective to the debates on masculinity. He argues that "toxic masculinity" represents a triumph of the negative aspect of a more complex and inherently ambivalent masculine configuration which he terms "seminal masculinity". While seminal masculinity embodies a life-giving and reparative capacity, toxic masculinity aims omnipotently to dominate, control and anhilate the feminine. Toxic masclinity cannot make use of feminine sexuality and receptivity, so identity is also impoverished, while often "hiding in plain sight" in the familiar stereotype of phallic masculinity. Its misogyny is also a primitive form of replacement ideology.'Sharon Numa is a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical SocietyTable of ContentsPart One: Becoming Masculine 1. The Uniquely Masculine Part Two: The Interior World 2. Male Internal Genital Space 3. Being Inside: The Topography of the Interior Part Three: The Phallic World 4. The Phallic Defence in the Boy: The Repudiation of Seminality 5. Phallic Monism: A Defensive Collaboration 6. Parthenogenic Procreation Part Four: The Seminal World 7. Seminal Masculinity 8. Incapacity and Ambivalence in Seminal Masculinity Part Five: Masculinity as Repudiation of Femininity 9. Misogyny in the Production of Masculinity 10. Social Misogyny 11. Toxic Masculinity in the Financial Crisis: A Case Study Conclusion 12. The Unease in Normal Masculinity: Between Desolation and Hope
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Taylor & Francis Transnational Feminist Pedagogies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Men and Masculinity The Basics
Book SynopsisMen and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. Providing readers with a framework for understanding these issues, it explores the ways that masculinity has been understood in the Social Sciences and Humanities to date. Addressing theories which view masculinity as being in a permanent state of flux and crisis, it explores such problem areas as: the male body men and work men and fatherhood male sexuality male violence. With a glossary of key terms, case studies reflecting the most important studies in the field of masculinity research and suggestions for further study, Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of masculinity for the first time.Trade ReviewNigel Edley is a leading scholar of masculinities. Here he brings together his insights from 25 years of man-watching in a compelling book that provides an excellent introduction to the field. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand men and masculinity today. Rosalind Gill, Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis, City, University of LondonMen and Masculinity: The Basics is a great read – superbly connecting academia to everyday life. Edley takes us skillfully through a wealth of cases, research reports and anecdotes, opening sites of tremendous controversy and contention, leaving us with a deeper understanding – and even some optimism for cultural change. - Michael Bamberg, Professor of Psychology, Clark University Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Part 11. Man-watching2. Coming to terms with men and masculinityPart 23. The male body4. Men and work5. Men and fatherhood6. Male sexuality7. Male violenceGlossaryReferences
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Edinburgh University Press Masculinity in British Cinema 19902010
Book SynopsisExplores British cinematic representations of masculinity.Trade Review"With this analysis of masculinity in British cinema at the turn of the century, Godfrey is both wide ranging and sharply focused, considering the representations of British men from lad culture to the margins, and in relation to fatherhood, class, race and violence. Godfrey goes deep into meaningful filmic examples, setting them at the intersections of neoliberalism and postfeminism, and within the industrial context of British cinema in a particularly fruitful period when it challenged and reinvented masculine archetypes.? This feminist intervention is a compelling analysis of British men in postfeminist movies, and a significant contribution to the understanding of contemporary discourses of intersectional masculinity." -Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary University of London
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Little, Brown Book Group Why Did You Stay The instant Sunday Times
Book Synopsis ''Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?'' EMMA THOMPSON ''Pacy, vivid, compelling and very, VERY funny ... it will help so many'' MARIAN KEYES ''A fucking classic. Required reading for all women and men and I believe it''s going to be the book of 2022'' BRYONY GORDON ''Fuck, this is good. Every page feels important'' LUCY VINE Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by her boyfriend. But when paparazzi caught him kissing his Strictly Come Dancing partner, she realised the only crazy thing was believing she didn''t deserve more.Forced into victimhood by the story, Rebecca chose to reclaim her power, posting her thoughts on social media, including advice for other women who might be experiencing what she realised she''d managed to Trade ReviewHer thought-provokingstory should be required readingfor anyone in a relationship * Daily Mirror *Brilliant, universal writing on toxic relationships and heartbreak. A Heart Shaped Bullet for the modern age -- Jenny ColganHer thought-provokingstory should be required readingfor anyone in a relationship * Daily Mirror *This book isn't an ice-cold revenge opus; it's a diary of self-discovery, a celebration of friendship, resilience and finding one's self-worth...is it worth the hype? Absolutely: I had to stop myself from reading it one grateful gulp * Style *The best [book] about relationships since Three Women [...] Set to be this year's summer smart female read for women of all ages * The Bookseller *Why Did You Stay? is anything but a simple question, and Humphries is nothing if not comprehensive in her answer - but she is also funny, tender and wise * i Paper *A memoir every woman should read ... a frank, funny and sometimes confronting deep dive into why so many women mistake controlling relationships with toxic men as what they think love should be * Red Magazine *Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?Pacy, vivid, compelling and very, VERY funny ... it will help so manyA fucking classic. Required reading for all women and men and I believe it's going to be the book of 2022Fuck, this is good. Every page feels importantSo funny and heart-breaking. So stunningly written. For any woman who has been asked 'why did you stay?', Rebecca Humphries' book is a hilarious and brilliant readVery, very goodA magical, magical book * Glamour *So thoughtful and moving and funny and sad and great, I love it so, so much. I resented having to put it downHer thought-provoking story should be required reading for anyone in a relationship * Daily Mirror *When I love a book, I want to talk to the person and this was fantastic...I know women are going to recognise themselves in here, or their best friend, or their mother, their sisterA funny, brave and honest book that will change lives. I have not stopped talking about it * The Times *An extraordinary memoir ... Unflinching and often very funny, it's a diary of self-discovery, an account of finding one's self-worth, a celebration of resilience and a hymn to the value of friendship * Observer *A really important book that I think loads of men should read so we can better understand the things we do, whether by accident or by designBrilliant, universal writing on toxic relationships and heartbreak. A Heart Shaped Bullet for the modern age
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Bristol University Press Ageing Men and Social Relations
Book SynopsisWhile there has been an increase in scholarship on men, ageing and masculinities, little attention has been paid to the social relations of men in later life. This collection fills this gap by foregrounding older men's experiences, providing new perspectives across the intersections of old age, ethnicities, class and sexual and gender identity.
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University of Texas Press Cosmosexuals
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Bristol University Press Masculinities, Gender and International Relations
Book SynopsisGender is widely recognized as an important and useful lens for the study of International Relations. However, there are few books that specifically investigate masculinity/ies in relation to world politics. Taking a feminist-inspired understanding of gender as its starting point, the book: • explains that gender is both an asymmetrical binary and a hierarchy; • shows how masculinization works via ‘nested hierarchies’ of domination and subordination; • explores the imbrication of masculinities with the nation-state and great-power politics; • develops an understanding of the arms trade with commercial processes of militarization. Written in an accessible style, with suggestions for further reading, this book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers applying ‘the gender lens’ to global politics.Table of Contents1. Wasn’t It Always Just About Men Anyway? 2. Sovereign States, Warring States, Queer States 3. Arms and the Men 4. Gender at Work! ‘Get Pissed and Buy Guns’ 5. Looking Back/Pushing Ahead
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Avalon Publishing Group Angry White Men, 2nd Edition: American
Book SynopsisWe hear them on talk radio airwaves bellowing about minorities. We watch them organize anti-immigration demonstrations on the border. We read their opinions regarding the demise of white male privilege. And sometimes, tragically, we witness their aggression through vigilante violence, as in the cases of Wade Michael Page, James Eagan Holmes, Elliot Rodger, George Zimmerman, and many more. They are America's angry white men, including "men's rights" activists who think white men are the victims of discrimination, as well as members of the "white wing" of the rightward fringes of the American political spectrum. Why are they so angry?Sociologist Michael Kimmel, one of the leading writers on men and masculinity in the world today, has spent hundreds of hours in the company of America's angry white men in pursuit of an answer. Raised to expect unparalleled social and economic privilege, white men are suffering today from what Kimmel calls "aggrieved entitlement": a sense that those benefits that white men believed were their due have been snatched away from them. In Angry White Men, Kimmel presents a comprehensive diagnosis of their fears, anxieties, and rage.
£13.29
Collective Ink Way of the Conscious Warrior, The: A Handbook for
Book SynopsisThe early 21st century is a complex time presenting unique challenges for men. This book examines many of those challenges, from dysfunctional relationships and confusion about what it means to be `male’ in the postmodern world, to understanding the dark side of the masculine psyche, as well as how to apply the best qualities of `warrior consciousness’ to experience overall success and fulfilment in life.
£14.24
Emerald Publishing Limited Male Rape Victimisation on Screen
Book SynopsisResearch has established that men are unlikely to report being victimised by sexual assault, often out of feelings of embarrassment, shame, fear, and emasculation. Critically examining how the rape of men and boys is represented in television and film, Male Rape Victimisation on Screen argues how presentations of male sexual assault in popular culture have reinforced rape myths associated with male victimisation, as well as the barriers of toxic masculinity that seethe beneath its surface. Employing a feminist and popular criminology framework, Victoria M. Nagy conducts a comprehensive analysis of a range of both adult and child television programmes and films from the past several decades to reveal how rape myths have pervaded popular culture. Turning to reality and the broader implications this has for men who are and are not victims of sexual violence, Nagy explores how knowledge gained from this research can feed into sexual violence prevention efforts and inform a necessary shift in our cultural mindset. Focusing on the under-researched area of male sexual assault, this book broaches cultural, criminology, gender, film, and media studies to reveal how seemingly harmless humour can infiltrate how we think about violent and victimising behaviours.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Prison, Rape and Just Deserts Chapter 2. “Not Paddington!” Rape Humour in Children’s Television and Film Chapter 3. Children as Victims in Animation Chapter 4. Women Behaving Badly: Female Sexual Offending Against Boys and Men Chapter 5. Sexual Assault and Rape by Women Chapter 6. “I’ma get Medieval on your Ass”: Men Being Raped by Men and Getting Justice Chapter 7. Representing Pain: The Aftermath Chapter 8. Reflections and Thinking about Bodies and Disclosures
£67.50
Berghahn Books How is a Man Supposed to be a Man?: Male
Book Synopsis The global trend of declining fertility rates and an increasingly ageing population has serious implications for individuals and institutions alike. Childless men are mostly excluded from ageing, social science and reproduction scholarship and almost completely absent from most national statistics. This unique book examines the lived experiences of a hidden and disenfranchised population: men who wanted to be fathers. It explores the complex intersections that influence childlessness over the life course.Trade Review “a groundbreaking book shining the light on men and their experiences, how men may feel when they don’t end up having children for one reason or another e.g. not meeting the right person, infertility.” • Guild of Health Writers “This book provides gerontologists with much needed insights into the lived experiences of male childlessness from a life course perspective embedded in critical theoretical approaches on normative life course expectations, ageing and gender, as well as family and social relations… Robin Hadley’s work is both critical and reflexive. He locates his theoretical work within feminist scholarship and acknowledges his position within the field of research by examining his own biography and social position and what that means when conducting interviews with men who describe themselves as involuntarily childless…The methods chapter can be added to reading lists for postgraduate students and the pen portraits of each of the interviewees are a rare and valuable source for learning about qualitative research and reflexivity.” • Aging and Society “The book has some features that make it interesting to readers from both a professional and a wider audience. First, it is very well referenced and equipped with details related to methodology of the study… It is well written, often in a personalised language, with accounts of the author’s experiences related both to the process of data collection and analysis and to the dissemination of results. The Epilogue particularly warrants attention, as it brings reflections not only on myths around men and masculinities, but also on childlessness in later life and COVID-19 –reflections that additionally illustrate the effects of not becoming a father.” • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology “A highly personal book yet also an academic one with all the critical rigour that entails and makes this a compelling book. It’s a must read for illuminating men’s experiences of involuntary childlessness for one reason or another…This is a rich thought provoking emotional yet highly academic book – and with its clear structure and excellent index a huge resource to be drawn on.” • Medical Journalists Association “I think this is an excellent piece of scholarship that covers an often unspoken topic in a sensitive, novel and comprehensive way. In this sense, it contributes important new knowledge to an area by considering it from a different viewpoint – most notably moving beyond a simple biomedical view or an experiential view of younger men and infertility.” • Steve Robertson, University of Sheffield “This is an important piece of work that addresses areas of masculinity, sexuality, life and an exploration of lived lives through research that have previously been underrepresented in the academic and public press.” • Josephine Tetley, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Graham Handley Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Contexts of Childlessness Chapter 2. Ageing and Male Involuntary Childlessness Chapter 3. Methodology, Method and Analysis Chapter 4. Pathways to Involuntary Childlessness Chapter 5. Negotiating Fatherhood Chapter 6. Relationships and Social Networks Chapter 7. Ageing without Children Conclusion Epilogue Appendix 1: Pen Portraits, in Interview Order, and Interviewer Reflections Appendix 2: Interview Schedule - First Interview Guide Appendix 3: Interview Schedule - Second Interview Guide Glossary References Index
£30.35
Andrews UK Limited Toxic Masculinity: Curing the Virus: Making Men
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£9.49
Canongate Books Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a
Book Synopsis'Where have all my friends gone?'When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man. He quickly learned that he wasn't the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless studies from across the world have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women - and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? Dickins is going to find out. His funny and charmingly candid search takes him to the doors of world-leading experts. It forces him to examine the friendships he's had over the years, and where they have foundered. And, briefly, it sends him to the website 'Rent A Friend', where he pays someone to hang out with him. But let's not dwell on that. Join Max as he takes a defibrillator to his social life. As he ultimately discovers that if he wants a Best Man, then he needs to be a better man.Trade Review[Max Dickins] couldn't think of anyone to be his best man. It was a realisation that triggered a poignant - and very funny - odyssey * * Daily Mail * *A funny but deeply uncomfortable read for those men . . . who have allowed their male friendships to wither * * Sunday Times * *On the spot * * Guardian * *A funny, meaty, informative read where [Max Dickins] uses himself as a hook to guide us through male friendships * * Independent * *Very funny, utterly charming and above all, wise, Billy No-Mates is not so much about getting the friendships you deserve, but deserving the friendships you've got -- TIM DOWLINGFascinating -- JEREMY VINE * * BBC Radio 2 * *Brilliant . . . one of the most important books I've read this year . . . [it] asks us to put a mirror up to our own friendships -- NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE * * Radio5Live * *Billy No-Mates should be required reading for all us fellas. I wish I had it 10 years ago. Hilarious, elegantly-written and fascinating. As a life-improving call-to-arms, it's impact on me is hard to overstate. It has - without exaggeration - made me a better friend. And maybe even a better man. As absorbing as it is funny -- PHIL WANGWe need a conversation about why men don't have a mate they can talk to * * The Times * *Here Max exposes something worrying and fundamental but with such a lightness of touch -- RUFUS HOUNDMax's book is brilliant. Very funny. So well researched and inspiring in lots of ways. Get a copy if you can! -- SPENCER JONES, comedian from LIVE AT THE APOLLO and 8 OUT OF 10 CATSI've left a copy on my husband's bedside table -- EMMA BARNETT * * Woman's Hour - BBC Radio 4 * *Poignant, extremely funny and worryingly accurate. Rarely has such a frightening wake-up call been so hilariously put -- RHYS JAMESFascinating and very funny. This is such an important subject -- SAM DELANEY * * The Reset * *I love Max's book so much -- RHIK SAMMADER, author and journalistI really enjoyed Max's insights around why men are struggling to connect . . . it's a problem that everyone needs to help fix -- CHRIS WILLIAMSON * * Modern Wisdom * *
£15.29
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health: An
Book SynopsisTraditionally, men’s mental health woes have been attributed to male stubbornness and rigid notions of masculinity. However, there is growing recognition that mental health issues in men are socially determined by a range of factors including family, educational, occupational, and legal issues. These and a variety of other social issues have been collectively labelled ‘men’s issues’ and are being increasingly linked to negative men’s mental health outcomes. This book gives an overview of men’s mental health as well as related men’s issues, adopting a public-health-inspired approach examining the research linking social exposures and mental health outcomes. The book is unique in that it synthesizes and explores men’s issues, men’s mental health, and social determinants in a holistic and integrated manner through assessment of the social scientific and psychiatric literature.In this book, the author discusses the social determinants of men’s mental health and accompanying psychosocial interventions, moving beyond one-dimensional discussions of masculinity. Among the topics covered are: The Social Determinants of Male Suicide Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Males: The Medicalization of Boyhood? Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care, and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices The Gender Gap in Education: Understanding Educational Underachievement in Young Males and its Relationship to Adverse Mental Health Employment, Unemployment and Workplace Issues in Relation to Men’s Mental Health Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health: An Introductory Primer is essential reading for healthcare practitioners and social service providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, counsellors, teachers, charity workers, health promotion specialists, and public health officers. It is also a useful text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in health care, social services, public health, epidemiology and social sciences, particularly sociology, psychology, and gender studies. Finally, the book can be read and understood by an intelligent lay reader, making it accessible for the wider public.Table of ContentsChapter 1: An Introduction to Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health 1.1 Beyond Masculinity 1.2 Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health 1.3 Common Issues 1.3.1 Gender Stereotypes of Men 1.3.2 Gender Empathy Gap 1.3.3 Male Gender Blindness 1.4 COVID-19 1.5 Conclusion PART I: Men’s Mental Health Chapter 2: The Social Determinants of Male Suicide 2.1 The Global Financial Crisis and its Repercussions 2.2 Which men are killing themselves? 2.2.1 Middle-Aged Men 2.2.2 Men in Rural and Remote Regions 2.2.3 White Men 2.2.4 Indigenous and Aboriginal Men 2.2.5 Military Veterans 2.2.6 Men Involved in the Criminal Justice System 2.3 Social Context and Common Risk Factors 2.3.1 Employment Issues 2.3.2 Marital Status, Divorce and Family Issues 2.3.3 Mental Disorders and Substance Use Issues 2.4 Social Integration and Social Connection 2.5 Conclusion Chapter 3: Wasted Lives: Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorder and Addictions in Men 3.1 Addictions and Substance Abuse in DSM-5 3.2 Alcohol-Related Disorders and Alcohol Use 3.3 Cannabis-Related Disorders and Cannabis Use 3.4 Opioid-Related Disorders and Opioid Use 3.5 Gambling Disorder 3.6 Internet Gaming Disorder 3.7 Etiology and Causation 3.7.1 Educational Failure and Subsequent Failure to Launch 3.7.2 Unemployment and Employment Issues 3.7.3 Divorce, Separation and Loneliness 3.8 The Consequences of SUD and Addictions 3.9 Treatments 3.10 Conclusion Chapter 4: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Males: The Medicalization of Boyhood? 4.1 What Is ADHD? 4.2 The Epidemiology of ADHD 4.3 US Studies on ADHD 4.4 Risk Factors 4.4.1 Middle-Childhood Years 4.4.2 Childhood Maltreatment and Neglect 4.4.3 Low Family Income 4.4.4 Low Parental Education 4.4.5 Single-Mother Families 4.5 Educational Impact 4.6 Impact into Adulthood 4.7 Medication Issues 4.7.1 Side Effects and Misuse 4.7.2 Absolute Gender Differences in Medication Usage 4.7.3 Relative Gender Differences in Medication Usage 4.8 The Medicalization Hypothesis 4.8.1 The Psychiatric Industry 4.8.2 Big Pharma 4.8.3 Mothers and Medicalization 4.8.4 Schools and Education 4.8.5 People with an ADHD Diagnosis 4.9 Social Control 4.10 Conclusion Chapter 5: Risk Factors and Rates of Depression in Men: Do Males Have Greater Resilience, or Is Male Depression Underrecognized and Underdiagnosed? 5.1 The Prevalence of Depression 5.2 Gender Differentials in Prevalence and Treatment 5.3 Male Resilience 5.4 An Artefactual Difference? 5.5 Bias in Diagnostic Criteria: A Male Depressive Syndrome? 5.6 Risk Factors 5.6.1 Low Education Attainment 5.6.2 Unemployment and Financial Strain 5.6.3 Disability 5.6.4 Homosexual Orientation 5.6.5 Divorce 5.6.6 Ethno-Racial Status 5.7 Paternal Postpartum Depression 5.8 Conclusion Chapter 6: Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care, and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices 6.1 Masculinity and Men’s Formal Service Use 6.2 Stigma 6.2.1 Stigma in the Media 6.2.2 Stigma in the Workplace 6.2.3 Stigma in the Family 6.2.4 Stigma in Health Services 6.3 Formal Mental Health Services: An Unwelcoming Environment? 6.4 The Different Modalities of Healing 6.5 Making Male-Friendly and Male-Sensitive Services 6.6 Men’s Sheds: An Innovative and Promising Practice 6.7 Conclusion and Recommendations PART II: Men’s Issues and Their Relation to Men’s Mental Health Chapter 7: The Gender Gap in Education: Understanding Educational Underachievement in Young Males and its Relationship to Adverse Mental Health 7.1 Background 7.2 Low Educational Attainment: A Mental Health Risk Factor 7.2.1 Suicide 7.2.2 Substance Abuse 7.2.3 Depression and Anxiety 7.3 The Educational Gender Gap 7.3.1 Primary Education 7.3.2 Secondary Education 7.3.3 Tertiary Education 7.4 Failure to Launch and Male Loneliness 7.5 Conclusion Chapter 8: Employment, Unemployment and Workplace Issues in Relation to Men’s Mental Health 8.1 Gender Differences in Paid Work 8.2 Unemployment 8.3 Employment, Unemployment and Mental Health 8.3.1 Suicide 8.3.2 Substance Abuse 8.3.3 Depression and Anxiety 8.4 Employment Conditions and Workplace Environment 8.4.1 Precarious Employment 8.4.2 Job Stress and Job Strain 8.4.3 Male-Dominated Occupations 8.4.4 Occupational Health and Safety 8.4.5 Workplace Stigma 8.5 The Big Picture: Changing Economic Trends and Gender Differentials in Employment 8.6 Conclusion Chapter 9: Family Ties: Marriage, Divorce and the Mental Health of Men and Boys 9.1 Marital Status and Mental Health in Adults 9.1.1 Depression 9.1.2 Substance Abuse 9.1.3 Suicide 9.1.4 The Psychosocial Impact of Divorce for Men 9.1.5 The Psychosocial Stress of Single Unmarried Men 9.1.6 A Unifying Theory? Durkheim and Social Integration 9.1.7 The Big Picture: A Worsening Situation? 9.1.8 Implications of Trends for Mental Health 9.2 The Effects of Divorce and Father Absence on Offspring Mental Health 9.2.1 Single-Father Households 9.2.2 Plausible Mechanisms and Pathways to Mental Health 9.2.3 The Big Picture: Trends and Social Context 9.3 Conclusion Chapter 10: Men’s Mental Health: Time for a Paradigm Shift 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10.1 Socio-Cultural Determinants of Mental Health 10.2 Traditional Masculinity: Friend or Foe to Mental Health? 10.3 A Strengths-Based Approach 10.4 Stereotypes and Biases 10.5 Male-Friendly Policies, Programs and Procedures 10.6 Conclusion
£67.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health: An
Book SynopsisTraditionally, men’s mental health woes have been attributed to male stubbornness and rigid notions of masculinity. However, there is growing recognition that mental health issues in men are socially determined by a range of factors including family, educational, occupational, and legal issues. These and a variety of other social issues have been collectively labelled ‘men’s issues’ and are being increasingly linked to negative men’s mental health outcomes. This book gives an overview of men’s mental health as well as related men’s issues, adopting a public-health-inspired approach examining the research linking social exposures and mental health outcomes. The book is unique in that it synthesizes and explores men’s issues, men’s mental health, and social determinants in a holistic and integrated manner through assessment of the social scientific and psychiatric literature.In this book, the author discusses the social determinants of men’s mental health and accompanying psychosocial interventions, moving beyond one-dimensional discussions of masculinity. Among the topics covered are: The Social Determinants of Male Suicide Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Males: The Medicalization of Boyhood? Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care, and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices The Gender Gap in Education: Understanding Educational Underachievement in Young Males and its Relationship to Adverse Mental Health Employment, Unemployment and Workplace Issues in Relation to Men’s Mental Health Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health: An Introductory Primer is essential reading for healthcare practitioners and social service providers including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, counsellors, teachers, charity workers, health promotion specialists, and public health officers. It is also a useful text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in health care, social services, public health, epidemiology and social sciences, particularly sociology, psychology, and gender studies. Finally, the book can be read and understood by an intelligent lay reader, making it accessible for the wider public.Table of ContentsChapter 1: An Introduction to Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health 1.1 Beyond Masculinity 1.2 Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health 1.3 Common Issues 1.3.1 Gender Stereotypes of Men 1.3.2 Gender Empathy Gap 1.3.3 Male Gender Blindness 1.4 COVID-19 1.5 Conclusion PART I: Men’s Mental Health Chapter 2: The Social Determinants of Male Suicide 2.1 The Global Financial Crisis and its Repercussions 2.2 Which men are killing themselves? 2.2.1 Middle-Aged Men 2.2.2 Men in Rural and Remote Regions 2.2.3 White Men 2.2.4 Indigenous and Aboriginal Men 2.2.5 Military Veterans 2.2.6 Men Involved in the Criminal Justice System 2.3 Social Context and Common Risk Factors 2.3.1 Employment Issues 2.3.2 Marital Status, Divorce and Family Issues 2.3.3 Mental Disorders and Substance Use Issues 2.4 Social Integration and Social Connection 2.5 Conclusion Chapter 3: Wasted Lives: Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorder and Addictions in Men 3.1 Addictions and Substance Abuse in DSM-5 3.2 Alcohol-Related Disorders and Alcohol Use 3.3 Cannabis-Related Disorders and Cannabis Use 3.4 Opioid-Related Disorders and Opioid Use 3.5 Gambling Disorder 3.6 Internet Gaming Disorder 3.7 Etiology and Causation 3.7.1 Educational Failure and Subsequent Failure to Launch 3.7.2 Unemployment and Employment Issues 3.7.3 Divorce, Separation and Loneliness 3.8 The Consequences of SUD and Addictions 3.9 Treatments 3.10 Conclusion Chapter 4: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Males: The Medicalization of Boyhood? 4.1 What Is ADHD? 4.2 The Epidemiology of ADHD 4.3 US Studies on ADHD 4.4 Risk Factors 4.4.1 Middle-Childhood Years 4.4.2 Childhood Maltreatment and Neglect 4.4.3 Low Family Income 4.4.4 Low Parental Education 4.4.5 Single-Mother Families 4.5 Educational Impact 4.6 Impact into Adulthood 4.7 Medication Issues 4.7.1 Side Effects and Misuse 4.7.2 Absolute Gender Differences in Medication Usage 4.7.3 Relative Gender Differences in Medication Usage 4.8 The Medicalization Hypothesis 4.8.1 The Psychiatric Industry 4.8.2 Big Pharma 4.8.3 Mothers and Medicalization 4.8.4 Schools and Education 4.8.5 People with an ADHD Diagnosis 4.9 Social Control 4.10 Conclusion Chapter 5: Risk Factors and Rates of Depression in Men: Do Males Have Greater Resilience, or Is Male Depression Underrecognized and Underdiagnosed? 5.1 The Prevalence of Depression 5.2 Gender Differentials in Prevalence and Treatment 5.3 Male Resilience 5.4 An Artefactual Difference? 5.5 Bias in Diagnostic Criteria: A Male Depressive Syndrome? 5.6 Risk Factors 5.6.1 Low Education Attainment 5.6.2 Unemployment and Financial Strain 5.6.3 Disability 5.6.4 Homosexual Orientation 5.6.5 Divorce 5.6.6 Ethno-Racial Status 5.7 Paternal Postpartum Depression 5.8 Conclusion Chapter 6: Why Do Men Have Low Rates of Formal Mental Health Service Utilization? An Analysis of Social and Systemic Barriers to Care, and Discussion of Promising Male-Friendly Practices 6.1 Masculinity and Men’s Formal Service Use 6.2 Stigma 6.2.1 Stigma in the Media 6.2.2 Stigma in the Workplace 6.2.3 Stigma in the Family 6.2.4 Stigma in Health Services 6.3 Formal Mental Health Services: An Unwelcoming Environment? 6.4 The Different Modalities of Healing 6.5 Making Male-Friendly and Male-Sensitive Services 6.6 Men’s Sheds: An Innovative and Promising Practice 6.7 Conclusion and Recommendations PART II: Men’s Issues and Their Relation to Men’s Mental Health Chapter 7: The Gender Gap in Education: Understanding Educational Underachievement in Young Males and its Relationship to Adverse Mental Health 7.1 Background 7.2 Low Educational Attainment: A Mental Health Risk Factor 7.2.1 Suicide 7.2.2 Substance Abuse 7.2.3 Depression and Anxiety 7.3 The Educational Gender Gap 7.3.1 Primary Education 7.3.2 Secondary Education 7.3.3 Tertiary Education 7.4 Failure to Launch and Male Loneliness 7.5 Conclusion Chapter 8: Employment, Unemployment and Workplace Issues in Relation to Men’s Mental Health 8.1 Gender Differences in Paid Work 8.2 Unemployment 8.3 Employment, Unemployment and Mental Health 8.3.1 Suicide 8.3.2 Substance Abuse 8.3.3 Depression and Anxiety 8.4 Employment Conditions and Workplace Environment 8.4.1 Precarious Employment 8.4.2 Job Stress and Job Strain 8.4.3 Male-Dominated Occupations 8.4.4 Occupational Health and Safety 8.4.5 Workplace Stigma 8.5 The Big Picture: Changing Economic Trends and Gender Differentials in Employment 8.6 Conclusion Chapter 9: Family Ties: Marriage, Divorce and the Mental Health of Men and Boys 9.1 Marital Status and Mental Health in Adults 9.1.1 Depression 9.1.2 Substance Abuse 9.1.3 Suicide 9.1.4 The Psychosocial Impact of Divorce for Men 9.1.5 The Psychosocial Stress of Single Unmarried Men 9.1.6 A Unifying Theory? Durkheim and Social Integration 9.1.7 The Big Picture: A Worsening Situation? 9.1.8 Implications of Trends for Mental Health 9.2 The Effects of Divorce and Father Absence on Offspring Mental Health 9.2.1 Single-Father Households 9.2.2 Plausible Mechanisms and Pathways to Mental Health 9.2.3 The Big Picture: Trends and Social Context 9.3 Conclusion Chapter 10: Men’s Mental Health: Time for a Paradigm Shift 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10.1 Socio-Cultural Determinants of Mental Health 10.2 Traditional Masculinity: Friend or Foe to Mental Health? 10.3 A Strengths-Based Approach 10.4 Stereotypes and Biases 10.5 Male-Friendly Policies, Programs and Procedures 10.6 Conclusion
£52.24
Harvard University Press Mostly Straight
Book SynopsisA growing number of young men today say they are “mostly straight” and yet feel a slight but enduring desire for men. Ritch Savin-Williams explores the stories of 40 mostly straight young men to help us understand the biological, psychological, and cultural forces that are loosening the sexual bind many boys and young men experience.Trade ReviewAn illuminating new study about male sexual fluidity…Calling for a more modern understanding of sexual orientation, [Savin-Williams’s] idea is that increasing numbers of millennial metrosexual young men are shunning rigid notions of sexuality, and increasingly not identifying as straight, but mostly straight. These are not closeted gay or bisexual men but a new generation of guys who are predominantly heterosexual but have embraced the idea that sexuality exists on a spectrum and who have less anxiety than previous generations about being open to intimacy with other guys. -- Uli Lenart * Attitude *Savin-Williams, a highly respected psychologist and pioneer in research on sexual minority youth, brings us a fascinating and in-depth exploration of nonexclusive heterosexuality among young men. Woven around engaging first person narratives that defy gender stereotypes, and supported by emerging science on male sexual fluidity, Mostly Straight offers an opportunity to challenge the status quo of tripartite sexual identities and attractions—bi, gay, straight—and consider the possibility of a more flexible, and less categorical, sexuality. -- Meredith Chivers, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Sexuality and Gender Laboratory (SageLab), Queen’s UniversityThis is a book whose time has come, and there is no one better suited to tell these riveting, surprising stories than Ritch Savin-Williams. For too long, men who consider themselves ‘mostly straight’ have been invisible and misunderstood. Their experiences will challenge your assumptions about sexual identity and orientation and reveal blind spots in your thinking that you didn’t know you had. -- Lisa Diamond, author of Sexual FluidityIn this beautifully written book, Savin-Williams offers a nuanced and substantive portrait of an often overlooked group. He makes a forceful case that both the general public and the scientific community should recognize the existence and experiences of mostly straight men. -- Letitia Anne Peplau, University of California, Los Angeles
£21.56
The University of North Carolina Press White Mans Work
Book SynopsisChronicles the evolving narratives that linked whiteness with middle-class mobility and middle-class manhood. In doing so, Joseph Jewell addresses a key issue in the historical sociology of race: how racialized groups demarcate, defend, and alter social positions in overlapping hierarchies of race, class, and gender.Trade ReviewJewell's concise and accessible prose style achieves a rare feat – makingpotentially complex themes comprehensible without sacrificing any academic rigour . . . . A cautionary study on the way in which dominant cultures posses the power of narrative-creation in ways that can exclude minority groups from social and economic mobility. Jewell's book also vividly demonstrates how such attitudes and approaches end up creating boundaries that restrict social change, and reinforce the dominance of one group at the expense of others – a pattern that can have consequences generations into the future."—Ethnic & Racial Studies
£23.96
Wits University Press Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love,
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display. Enriched with personal reflections on his own experiences as a partner, father, psychologist and researcher in the field of men and masculinities, Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity is Kopano Ratele’s meditation on love and violence, and the way these forces shape the emotional lives of boys and men. Blending academic substance and rigour in a readable narrative style, Ratele illuminates the complex nuances of gender, intimacy and power in the context of the human need for love and care. While unsparing in its analysis of men’s inner lives, Ratele lays out a path for addressing the hunger for love in boys and men. He argues that just as the beliefs and practices relating to gender, sexuality and the nature of love are constantly being challenged and revised, so our ideas about masculinity, and men’s and boys’ capacity to show genuine loving care for each other and for women, can evolve. Table of Contents Foreword by Raewyn Connell Part 1: Love 1 Why do women love men? 2 One ear turned inward and the other outward 3 Love needs 4 We can change how we love, but not without changing how we fight 5 Love hunger shows itself in many acts, and violence may be one of them 6 Why there is no love in the Plan 7 I love you, but I wish to hurt you 8 To love is to receive and to give 9 Talking matters 10 Listening carefully is an articulate act of love in action 11 Must love hurt? 12 The world is not yet ready for loving black boys 13 Producing and embodying the loving images we want of ourselves 14 If women stopped caring for men Part 2: Violence 15 ‘I am more scared of them’ 16 Men who speak with fists 17 Violence wears many faces 18 ‘Brothers, check yourselves!’ 19 ‘I have never raped anyone’ is not an achievement 20 Why is there violence where we expect to find love? 21 Really nice guys 22 ‘There was nothing suspicious about him’ 23 They don’t teach about sexual consent at university or at home 24 Jeanne and Emmanuel 25 Is the lesbian an alibi for an untenable model of masculinity? 26 Will we reduce rates of rape of women and children when we cannot face prison rape? Part 3: Masculinity 27 Trying to transform men is not a futile exercise, but it is slow and difficult work 28 A few key ideas to consider when thinking about men and changing masculinity 29 The politician told students you can’t ask for money from somebody who raped you 30 ‘Dad, look at me’ 31 ‘I have never hit a woman’ gets you no loving man award 32 Before death, before conception, in the many in-between moments, then repeat 33 Baldwin was a full man 34 The masculinity of a man who is a boy 35 Mr President, end patriarchy? 36 When work gets in the way of emotional connections 37 Love cannot escape power 38 What’s up with all this attention given to boys? 39 The fact of lovelessness in why men hurt others 40 Inheriting and passing down a loving masculinity Acknowledgements Index
£20.90
Multnomah Press How God Makes Men: Ten Epic Stories. Ten Proven
Book Synopsis“All through the Bible, we see stories of bold and brash men who followed God’s call into some incredible adventures. In How God Makes Men, Patrick Morley reminds us that God still makes those kinds of guys.”—Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio show host God’s Way for You to Become God’s Man Let’s face it—men today are under severe attack. The battle line against biblical manhood is clearly drawn and fiercely contested. More than ever, men who want to follow Christ are asking: • Why is it so hard to live an authentic Christian life? • Who will show me how to thrive as a father, a husband, and on the job? • What should I do when I’m being tested to the breaking point? Fortunately, the Bible preserves crucial details about the powerful lessons learned by men who have already faced and answered these questions. In How God Makes Men, renowned expert on men’s issues Patrick Morley takes you into Scripture for a first-hand encounter with: • Ten epic stories of the Bible’s most talked-about men • Ten proven principles—based on their failures and successes—that show how God works in a man’s life, and how you can cooperate with Him in yours • The huge promise that you can become the man God created you to be Don’t settle for less. Join Patrick on this epic adventure of becoming God’s man. You’ll discover how to prevail in tough times and release God’s power in every area of your life.
£999.99
Oxford University Press Inc Zenobia
Book SynopsisHailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This book situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of her Palmyra. By doing so, it aims to shed greater light on the experiences of Zenobia and Palmyrene women like her at various stages of their lives. Not limiting itself to the political aspects of her governance, it contemplates what inscriptions and material culture at Palmyra enable us to know about women and the practice of gender there, and thus the world that Zenobia navigated. It reflects on her clothes, house, hygiene, property owning, gestures, religious practices, funerary practices, education, languages, social identities, marriage, and experiences motherhood, along with her meteoric rise to prominence and civil war. It also ponders Zenobia''s legacy in light of the contemporary human tragedy in Syria.Trade ReviewOf far greater consequence, especially for the educated public, are the appendices and bibliography: the destruction of monuments, the nature of Palmyrene Aramaic, original language version of inscriptions detailing Zenobia's household (Aramaic in transliteration). These and the bibliography illustrate the multinational and lengthy careers [of] those building upon intelligent assumptions in the recreation of an ancient site. * Michael Weiskopf, Berkeley, CA, Ancient West & East *Andrade has done a worthwhile job of collecting physical and literary evidence that will interest scholars of ancient history. * J.A.S. Evans, CHOICE *interesting and informative - in particular for an undergraduate course on gender history * James Corke-Webster, Kings College London, Greece & Rome *Admirable and well-articulated ... Andrade's book, intended both for the specialist and the educated reader in general, analyses each of these events with objectivity and rigour, and presents a highly fitting approximation to the attractive figure of this singular woman. We should congratulate ourselves on its publication and congratulate the author on his work. * Gustavo A. Vivas Garcia, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Zenobia's Likenesses Chapter 2: Urban Landscape Chapter 3: Social Landscape Chapter 4: Social World Chapter 5: Coming of Age Chapter 6: Marital Household Chapter 7: Widowhood Chapter 8: Dynasty Chapter 9: Civil War Chapter 10: Legacy and Likenesses
£20.99
Indiana University Press Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Anniversary
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Disability and
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a much-needed holistic overview of disability and sexuality research and scholarship. With authors from a wide range of disciplines and representing a diversity of nationalities, it provides a multi-perspectival view that fully captures the diversity of issues and outlooks.Organised into six parts, the contributors explore long-standing issues such as the psychological, interpersonal, social, political and cultural barriers to sexual access that disabled people face and their struggle for sexual rights and participation. The volume also engages issues that have been on the periphery of the discourse, such as sexual accommodations and support aimed at facilitating disabled people''s sexual well-being; the socio-sexual tensions confronting disabled people with intersecting stigmatised identities such as LGBTBI or asexual; and the sexual concerns of disabled people in the Global South. It interrogates disability and sexuality from diverse perspectives, froTrade Review"The study of disability and sexuality is thriving and this handbook is one of the most important volumes to date for scholars, students, and activists interested in the field. Focusing on a diverse, interdisciplinary range of issues from impressively global perspectives, the volume is indispensable for thinking about sexuality and disability in theory, representation, and policy." Robert McRuer is Professor of English at George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA."It is a pleasure for me to offer my full endorsement of The Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality by Russell Shuttleworth and Linda Mona. Although issues relating to sexuality and disability have been in the literature for many years, this collection provides an astonishing array of current cultural, disability affirmative perspectives on the topic. This is must reading for anyone interested in understanding the linkage between these concepts." Stanley Ducharme, Ph.D., Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. USA.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contextualising Disability and Sexuality Studies. PART 1 Theoretical frames and intersections. 1 Theorising disabled people’s sexual, intimate and erotic lives/current theories for disability and sexuality. 2 Theoretical developments: Queer theory meets crip theory. 3 Thinking differently about the sexual capacities of bodies with Deleuze and the case of infertility amongst men with Down syndrome. 4 A critical rethinking of sexuality and dementia: A prolegomenon to future work in critical dementia studies and critical disability studies. 5 Combating old ideas and building identity: Sexual identity development in people with disabilities. 6 Sexuality and disability in Brazil: Contributions to the promotion of agency and social justice. PART 2: Subjugated histories and negotiating traditional discourses. 7 Sexuality, disability, and madness in California’s eugenics era. 8 Disability rights through reproductive justice: Eugenic legacies in the abortion wars. 9 Sexuality and the disregard of lived reality: The sexual abuse of children and young people with disabilities. 10 Sexuality and physical disability: Perspectives and practice within Orthodox Judaism. PART 3: Politics, policies and legal frames across the world. 11 Sexual citizenship, Disability policy and facilitated sex in Sweden. 12 Access to sexual and reproductive health for people with disabilities in Zimbabwe. 13 "Tick the straight box": Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT+) people with intellectual disabilities in the UK. 14 Sexuality and sexual rights of young adults with intellectual disability in Central Java, Indonesia. 15 Advance consent and network consent. PART 4: Representation, performance and media. 16 Missing in action: Desire, dwarfism and getting it on/off/up…A critique and extension of disability aesthetics. 17 Sex, love and disability on screen. 18 Dynamics of disability and sexuality: Some African literary representations. 19 Flaunting towards otherwise: Queercrip porn, access intimacy and leaving evidence. 20 Desexualising disabled people in the news media. PART 5 Sexual narratives and (inter)personal perspectives. 21 Understanding the lived experience of transgender youth with disabilities. 22 Flowing desires underneath the chastity belt: Sexual re-exploration journeys of women with changed bodies. 23 (Il)licit sex among PWDs in Trinidad & Tobago: Sexual negotiation or compromise. 24 Reimaging sexuality in the disability discourse in South Asia. 25 Disability and asexuality? 26 Through a personal lens: A participatory action research project challenging myths of physical disability and sexuality in South Africa. 27 "That’s my story": Transforming sexuality education by, for and with people with intellectual disabilities. PART 6: Accommodation, support and sexual well being. 28 Sexual wellness for older persons with a disability: A life-course perspective. 29 Toward sexual autonomy and well-being for persons with upper limb mobility limitations: The role of masturbation and sex toys. 30 Paid sexual services available for people with disability: Exploring the range of modalities offered throughout the world. 31 Promoting sexual well-being for women with disabilities through family-centred integrated behavioural healthcare. 32 Occupational therapy’s engagement with empowering disability and sexuality. 33 Disability and social work: Partnerships to promote sexual well-being. 34 Intersections of disability, sexuality, and spirituality within psychological treatment of people with disabilities.
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Taylor & Francis Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man
Book SynopsisImages and ideas associated with masculinity are forever in flux. In this book, Donald Moss addresses the never-ending effort of menâregardless of sexual orientationâto shape themselves in relation to the unstable notion of masculinity.Part 1 looks at the lifelong labor faced by boys and men of assessing themselves in relation to an always shifting, always receding, ideal of masculinity. In Part 2, Moss considers a series of nested issues regarding homosexuality, homophobia and psychoanalysis. Part 3 focuses on the interface between the body experienced as a private entity and the body experienced as a public entityâthe body experienced as oneâs own and the body subject to the judgments, regulations and punishments of the external world. The final part looks at men and violence. Men must contend with the entwined problems of regulating aggression and figuring out its proper level, aiming to avoid both excess and insufficiency. This section focuses on excessive aggression and Trade ReviewDonald Moss’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man is undoubtedly one of the most important books of the past decade on the complexities of the development of male gender identity. The book, as reflected in its title, offers no "solutions" to the questions it raises; rather, it examines the problem of gender identity from a number of vantage points, each of which complements, but also complicates, the others. What for me is a particular pleasure in reading this book is the writing itself—writing that is often used to describe some of the author’s own experiences as a boy faced with the daunting task faced by all boys in their efforts to grow up to be a man in one’s own terms. - Thomas Ogden, Personal and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California Donald Moss has written a brilliant, emotionally unsettling and brave book. The ostensive topic of Moss’ book is a close look at masculinity, but actually this book is an examination of "masculinities" that turn the standard normative forms of gender inside out. In Moss’ project, the canonical has become symptomatic. Through the psychoanalytic lens he deploys so deeply, Moss illuminates how much all our struggles with desire and loss inevitably overwhelm us in the project of forming and becoming selves, with dangerous and destructive consequences. We are all inevitably displacing and expelling those aspects of body and mind that frighten and shame us into the bodies and lives and minds of weaker and more vulnerable people. This is Moss’ original and potent way of thinking through misogyny, homophobia, and the often murderous attitudes toward difference and otherness, including "trans" experience. Moss asks us to see that these refusals and disavowals of our complex humanity have enormous and dangerous consequences individually, collectively, and politically - Adrienne Harris, PhD, New York UniversityFascinating, thought-provoking exploration of the notion of masculinity, written in an intelligent, accessible style - Michael Feldman, Supervising and Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society"The title of this important book echoes both Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Henry Louis Gates Jr's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Like Stevens and Gates, Donald Moss offers multiple perspectives: being a man is not simply a choice to be more or less like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Liberace. Each man has internalised an ideal based on disavowals and refusals of other male bodies and behaviours. The author combines his childhood reminiscences of illness and classroom embarrassment, deep personal reflection, his father's war stories, theoretical overviews and case studies from his psychoanalytic practice. This way of writing is common to a range of books on masculinity, but the stylistic mix reflects the volatility he seeks to address." – David Kennedy, Times Higher Education"This scholarly yet incisive and accessible book addresses the unstable notion of masculinity and the ways in which both hetero- and homosexual man seek to shape themselves in relation to the precarious nature of being a man. ... The writing is enriched by the author's willingness to share several of his own formative experiences in facing the daunting task of searching for the ways to grow up as a man with a mind of his own." - Michael J. Diamond, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies"It is not only Moss’s scholarship and the depth of his theoretical and clinical insights that make the book bold; it is also that, in looking at a man in different ways, Moss at times works like a memoirist whouses his own experience to deepen consideration of masculinity." Sidney H. Phillips for The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 2014"This unusual, vital, and in places demanding book is about the contemporary shifting scene of psychoanalytic assessment of "masculinity."...Moss has offered many more than "13 ways" of looking, of profoundly and richly perceiving his own topic, men. The book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, scholars of gender, and cultural critics.Summing Up: Highly recommended."- R. H. Balsam, Yale University, for CHOICE, January 2013Donald Moss’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man is undoubtedly one of the most important books of the past decade on the complexities of the development of male gender identity. The book, as reflected in its title, offers no "solutions" to the questions it raises; rather, it examines the problem of gender identity from a number of vantage points, each of which complements, but also complicates, the others. What for me is a particular pleasure in reading this book is the writing itself—writing that is often used to describe some of the author’s own experiences as a boy faced with the daunting task faced by all boys in their efforts to grow up to be a man in one’s own terms. - Thomas Ogden, Personal and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern CaliforniaDonald Moss has written a brilliant, emotionally unsettling and brave book. The ostensive topic of Moss’ book is a close look at masculinity, but actually this book is an examination of "masculinities" that turn the standard normative forms of gender inside out. In Moss’ project, the canonical has become symptomatic. Through the psychoanalytic lens he deploys so deeply, Moss illuminates how much all our struggles with desire and loss inevitably overwhelm us in the project of forming and becoming selves, with dangerous and destructive consequences. We are all inevitably displacing and expelling those aspects of body and mind that frighten and shame us into the bodies and lives and minds of weaker and more vulnerable people. This is Moss’ original and potent way of thinking through misogyny, homophobia, and the often murderous attitudes toward difference and otherness, including "trans" experience. Moss asks us to see that these refusals and disavowals of our complex humanity have enormous and dangerous consequences individually, collectively, and politically - Adrienne Harris, PhD, New York UniversityFascinating, thought-provoking exploration of the notion of masculinity, written in an intelligent, accessible style - Michael Feldman, Supervising and Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society"The title of this important book echoes both Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Henry Louis Gates Jr's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Like Stevens and Gates, Donald Moss offers multiple perspectives: being a man is not simply a choice to be more or less like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Liberace. Each man has internalised an ideal based on disavowals and refusals of other male bodies and behaviours. The author combines his childhood reminiscences of illness and classroom embarrassment, deep personal reflection, his father's war stories, theoretical overviews and case studies from his psychoanalytic practice. This way of writing is common to a range of books on masculinity, but the stylistic mix reflects the volatility he seeks to address." – David Kennedy, Times Higher Education"This unusual, vital, and in places demanding book is about the contemporary shifting scene of psychoanalytic assessment of "masculinity." Moss is an innovative and politically aware psychoanalyst who has contributed many interesting papers on hetero- and homosexuality, homophobia, gender, violence, and racism to psychoanalytic journals over the years. The present work is both postmodern and highly personal, and is written in a lyrical, poetic style. Parts of the text read like mini-essays in The New Yorker. Moss confronts and undermines the cultural biases involved in thinking about what makes a "man," in his in-depth self-reflections and in the reflections of his patients. Moss has offered many more than "13 ways" of looking, of profoundly and richly perceiving his own topic, men. The book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, scholars of gender, and cultural critics. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - Rosemary H. Balsam, CHOICE"With his latest publication,…Donald Moss, a refreshing psychoanalytic scholar and ambassador, continues the theoretical and clinical conversation on masculinities in a daring, personal, rigorous manner. At times autobiographical, poetic, historical, scholastic, moving and crystalline, these are less traditional chapters. They are more embodied essays, stories told with an invitation to consider Moss' associations, his very human poignant curves and sideswipes…They hang together brilliantly as a book, yet stand alone as contemporary meditations." - Fort/Da, The Journal of the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology"This scholarly yet incisive and accessible book addresses the unstable notion of masculinity and the ways in which both hetero- and homosexual man seek to shape themselves in relation to the precarious nature of being a man. ... The writing is enriched by the author's willingness to share several of his own formative experiences in facing the daunting task of searching for the ways to grow up as a man with a mind of his own." - Michael J. Diamond, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic StudiesTable of ContentsBass, Foreword. Prologue. Masculinity as Masquerade. Immaculate Attachment vs. Passive Yearning: On Being and Becoming a Man. First Aside: Ted. On Neither Being Nor Becoming a Man. Two Ways of Looking Back. Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality/ The Ideal of Neutrality. Internalized Homophobia: Wanting in the First-Person Singular, Hating in the First-Person Plural. On Situating Homophobia. Freud’s "Female Homosexual": One Way of Looking at a Woman. Second Aside: Little Richard. Looking at a Transsexual. War Stories. Epilogue.
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Is Masculinity Toxic
Book SynopsisThe Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIn the wake of the #MeToo movement and the upsurge in feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become a topic of impassioned debate. But what exactly do we mean by masculinity' and in what ways can it be said to be harmful? This incisive volume evaluates modern masculinity's capacity for good against its potential for destruction. It reviews evolving definitions of masculinity since the age of chivalry and examines our current expectations about men's behaviours, roles and responsibilities. It reveals societal pressure on men to act aggressively, suppress emotion and be in control, and the impact of being a real man' on self and others.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Evolving Understandings of Masculinity - Masculine Power to Harm - Men and Interpersonal Relationships - The Changing Face of Masculinity Today - Conclusion
£11.66
Cambridge University Press David Mamet and American Macho
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Cambridge University Press Search and Destroy
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Manly Leaders in NineteenthCentury British Literature
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Teachers' College Press We Dare Say Love Supporting Achievement in the
Book SynopsisChronicles the development and implementation of the African American Male Achievement Initiative in Oakland Unified School District that created an environment with high expectations for the engagement and achievement of Black boys. The text features reflection chapters by leading experts on Black male achievement.
£28.99
Watto Books Every Blokes a Champion Even You
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Taylor & Francis Black Womenâs Bodily Autonomy Sexual Freedom and
Book SynopsisThis text explores scholarship, practice, and advocacy for Black womenâs pursuit of bodily autonomy, sexual freedom, and pleasure. Inspired by Megan Thee Stallionâs song, âœHot Girl Summer,â and pleasure activism, Dr. Clarissa Francis (âœThe Real Hot Girl Docâ) examines the cultural and social impacts of âœhot girlâ music and its transformative effects on Black womenâs sexual liberation journeys. Francis introduces readers to the Hot Girl Movement, addressing intergenerational trauma, denial of bodily autonomy, and pleasure politics.This book offers a historical review and current documentation of Black womenâs role in the evolving movement for sexual liberation in the United States, with a particular focus on Atlanta, Georgia. Chapters delve into the history of systemic oppression, presenting research on Black womenâs experiences with gendered racism while demonstrating the socio-cultural influences shaping Black womenâs sexual liberation. The book centers Black womenâs narratives featuring the work of sexologists, clinicians, somatic practitioners, and community organizers in guiding Black women to achieve sexual liberation.The final chapter outlines conclusions of the research on the Hot Girl Movement and provides recommendations for participating in and supporting this Movement.This interdisciplinary text is essential reading for scholars, clinicians, healing practitioners, birthworkers, and activists, including those in fields of sexuality, sex therapy, sociology, gender studies, Black/Africana studies, public health, and social justice. Exercises and additional resources are available on the product page under Support Material.
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Taylor & Francis Deconstructing Toxic Masculinity
Book SynopsisThis accessible book explores toxic masculinity, looking at how to define this and how we can and should challenge its spread. The book draws on Derridaâs deconstruction approach, using this philosophical lens to deconstruct what toxic masculinity means and to better understand its significance for our society. It focuses on how harmful aspects of masculinity spread, infiltrate, and intoxicate our societies and how existing structures allow aspects of harmful masculinity to become toxic. The book also features discussions and analysis of participantsâ lived experiences of masculinities, alongside the authorâs reflections. It explores the relevance of toxic masculinity in work environments, politics, relationships and gender roles, and seeks to challenge and mitigate its damages for everyone. Encouraging critical thinking and understanding of healthier ways of being for all, this timely book will be of interest to therapists, counsellors, teachers and practitioners of family studies. It will also be useful reading for students in the fields of psychology, gender studies, sociology and related fields.
£33.24
Cambridge University Press Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Afterlife of the Soviet Man
Book SynopsisAlmost three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, today more often than ever, global media and intellectuals rely on the concept of homo sovieticus to explain Russia's authoritarian ills. Homo sovieticus - or the Soviet man - is understood to be a double-thinking, suspicious and fearful conformist with no morality, an innate obedience to authority and no public demands; they have been forged in the fires of the totalitarian conditions in which they find themselves.But where did this concept come from? What analytical and ideological pillars does it stand on? What is at stake in using this term today? The Afterlife of the Soviet Man' addresses all these questions and even explains why at least in its contemporary usage this concept should be abandoned altogether.Trade ReviewA very timely book about major attempts to analyse Soviet-Russian identity before and after the collapse of the USSR. Combining methodological clarity with empathy and erudition, the author rejects a reductionist ‘totalitarian’ approach in favour of nuanced observation. A useful corrective to any current analysis of Russia, in peace and at war. * Vladislav Zubok, Professor of History, the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK *[The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’] does an excellent job at historicizing the idea of the Homo Sovieticus as a human type and a set of core traits associated with a political system. Sharafutdinova’s book is a powerful warning to how dangerous the feeling of being “on the right side of history” can be for any thinker. * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. On Riding Bicycles and Human Judgement 2. Homo Sovieticus as Eastern European Dissent 3. Homo Sovieticus as Soviet Dissent 4. Homo Sovieticus as a Perestroika Child 5. Homo Sovieticus as Post-Soviet Empathy 6. Homo Post-Sovieticus as a Fight for the Continent Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Men Teaching Children 311
Book SynopsisMen Teaching Children 3-11 provides a comprehensive exploration of work experiences of men who teach young children. The authors draw on their own research as well as international studies to provide realistic strategies to help to remove barriers in order to develop a more gender-balanced teacher workforce. Burn and Pratt-Adams, former primary school teachers who have both experienced these unfair gender practices, also trace the historical roots of the gender barriers that have now become embedded within the occupational culture.Throughout Men Teaching Children 3-11, the authors argue that primary school teachers should be judged by their teaching talents, rather than by the application of biased gender stereotypes; and that male and female teachers need to work together to remove these stereotypes from the occupation.Trade ReviewChapter 1 should be required reading for everyone ... I would argue that any English-speaking teacher, teacher educator, student teacher, school leader or parent ought to read this. * Gender and Education *This is a book for everyone with an interest in education. It will have obvious appeal to males entering and established in the teaching profession who may, as I did, identify with many of the perspectives presented. I hope it will find a wider audience than just those interested in gender, however, as female teachers, school policy-makers, parents of boys and girls, and academics in the field of teacher education will find much that will help them make sense of the gendered practices they carry themselves and that they encounter in their experiences in education. * Journal of Education for Teaching *Men Teaching Children 3-11 is a text with an in-depth review of the topic of men who teach elementary aged children ... This book is perfect for a reader who has a passion for gender equity issues or others who want additional research on the topic. * Education Review / Reseñas Educativas *Examining the working lives of men teaching young children, the authors offer a unique spin on gender studies in education. There is great use of data and grounded feminist and post-structural theory. The historical and contemporary vantage points offer multilayered understandings of the topic. In addition to research, historiography and social critique, the book offers pedagogical techniques to disrupt the patriarchal assumptions embedded in school buildings that all too often resemble Victorian households. * Ronnie Casella, Associate Dean of the School of Education, State University of New York College at Cortland, USA *An ambitious and scholarly volume that is incredibly successful in combining theory and the voices of teachers - both men and women - to convey the depth of the gender contradictions in the primary teaching profession. This is likely to be the definitive work on the topic for many years to come. * Ian Menter, President of the British Educational Research Association, and Professor of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, UK *Burn and Pratt-Adams argue that men teaching in the early years of schooling have been consistently undervalued and positioned as deviant by the wider society. The implications of this for the identity of the Early Years practitioner is significant. By interrogating the views of a group of male Early Years teachers and the associated gender scripts that are attached to them, this book makes a major contribution to the literature in this field and should be read by all those working with young children. * Rosalyn George, Professor of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK *Burn and Pratt-Adams skilfully balance the presentation of sometimes complex theoretical positions with an engaging and accessible narrative, which is a perfect combination. This book is a much needed addition to our Professional Studies reading list. * Mark Betteney, Department of Primary Education, University of Greenwich, UK *Burn and Pratt-Adams' appraisal of the lives and careers of male primary teachers and the role of schooling in social reproduction is timely and informed. The authors demonstrate how discourses of gender and sexuality continue to shape teachers’ career opportunities and offer welcome proposals designed to dismantle institutional barriers to equality. Invaluable for all students of education. * David Blundell, Principal Lecturer and Programme Director for UG and PG Education, London Metropolitan University, UK *This excellent book is about education equality, equity but ultimately gender. It challenges social stereotypes by examining how men work in predominately female education environments. Both Burn and Pratt-Adams show the importance of this area for education research and professional practice. The authors finding of the need for "alliance-work" between male and female teachers have important implications for children, parents, school governors and educational researchers in domestic and international settings. * Richard Race, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Roehampton, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Historical Background 2. Men Training to Teach Young Children 3. The Role of Sport in Upholding Gender Practice 4. Male Teachers and Discipline 5. Male Role Models 6. Male Teachers and Promotion 7. Moral Panics 8. International Experiences and Perspectives 9. Women Teachers Talking 10. Removing Gender Barriers Conclusion Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Mens Health
Book SynopsisThis book covers issues of men's health, including screening, diagnosis and management of common disorders and opportunities for prevention and health maintenance. Each chapter pertains to a component of the physical exam and/or organ system. Examples include appropriate survey and screening of the integument, the significance of buccal/dental integrity, tailoring cardiovascular remedies and balancing prostate cancer screening with quality of life. The book follows the methodical approach of a comprehensive wellness visit, including inventory of psychosocial factors, which significantly impact physical well-being. Justification for often overlooked topics in the review of systems, such as sexual history and satisfaction, relationship issues, and vocational fulfillment are provided. This book is written in the spirit of the rich bedside acumen and the art of healing, we must strive to protect. While informative and stimulating, this text serves to remind us of the specialized diagnosTable of ContentsChapter 1. His Occupation: Safety and FulfillmentKathleen Fagan, MD, MPH, Rosemary Sokas, MD, MOH Chapter 2. Sunscreens & Ultraviolet light: What you need to knowShilpi Khetarpal, MD, Kenneth Tomecki, MD Chapter 3. His MouthGary K. Roberts, DDS Chapter 4:Screening and Management for Pulmonary and Sleep IssuesLoutfi S. Aboussouan, MD Chapter 5. His Upper GI TractDan E. Azagury, MD, Lyen Camille Huang, MD, MPH Chapter 6. His Lower GI TractCindy Kin, MD Chapter 7. Cardiovascular Prevention in MenRony Lohoud, MD, Irving Franco, MD Chapter 8.Metabolic Syndrome: The Vicious CycleJeannette M. Potts, MD Chapter 9. Andrology: Puberty-Fertility-AndropauseDavid P. Guo, MD, Michael L. Eisenberg, MD Chapter 10. Genital DermatologyAlok Vij, MD, Sarah C Vij, MD, Kenneth J Tomecki, MD Chapter 11. Male Sexual ConcernsJeannette Potts, MD Chapter 12. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and LUTSHarcharan Gill, MD Chapter 13. Prostate Cancer ScreeningJeannette. M. Potts, MD Chapter 14. Men Have Bladders, TooChristopher K. Payne, MD Chapter 15. Chronic Pelvic Pain in Men is NOT prostatitis!Jeannette. M. Potts, MD Chapter 16. Male Mental Health: A Peek Inside The Black BoxDean A. Tripp, Ph.D, Hayley Yurgan BScH
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Manchester University Press Manliness in Britain, 1760–1900: Bodies, Emotion,
Book SynopsisThis book offers an innovative account of manliness in Britain between 1760 and 1900. Using diverse textual, visual and material culture sources, it shows that masculinities were produced and disseminated through men’s bodies –often working-class ones – and the emotions and material culture associated with them. The book analyses idealised men who stimulated desire and admiration, including virile boxers, soldiers, sailors and blacksmiths, brave firemen and noble industrial workers. It also investigates unmanly men, such as drunkards, wife-beaters and masturbators, who elicited disgust and aversion. Unusually, Manliness in Britain runs from the eras of feeling, revolution and reform to those of militarism, imperialism, representative democracy and mass media, periods often dealt with separately by historians of masculinities.Trade Review'Joanne Begiato’s Manliness in Britain, 1760–1900 breaks new ground in exploring manliness in Britain as an expansive body of gendered meanings that was most fully elaborated by representatives of the middle class but was also deeply resonant with the working class. [...] Overall, this is a virtuoso deployment of three interlinked strands in the new cultural history: the somatic, the material, and the emotional. That conceptual range has made possible a book on manliness unrivaled in its contextual range and its interpretive insights.'Journal of British Studies -- .Table of ContentsMaking manliness manifest: an introduction1 Figures, faces, and desire: male bodies and manliness2 Appetites, passions, and disgust: the penalties and paradoxes of unmanliness 3 Hearts of oak: martial manliness and material culture4 Homeward bound: manliness and the home5 Brawn and bravery: glorifying the working bodyThe measure of a man: an epilogueIndex
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Manchester University Press Out of His Mind: Masculinity and Mental Illness
Book SynopsisOut of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as both a social reality and a cultural representation. Even at the height of enthusiasm for the curative powers of nineteenth-century psychiatry, to be certified as a lunatic meant a loss of one’s freedom and in many ways one’s identify. Because men had the most power and authority in Victorian Britain, this also meant they had the most to lose. The madman was often a marginal figure, confined in private homes, hospitals, and asylums. Yet as a cultural phenomenon he loomed large, tapping into broader social anxieties about respectability, masculine self-control, and fears of degeneration. Using a wealth of case notes, press accounts, literature, medical and government reports, this text provides a rich window into public understandings and personal experiences of men’s insanity.Trade Review'An original contribution to our understanding of how gender, and especially masculinity, impacted the experience and representation of madness in Victorian Britain.'Katie Barclay, The American Historical Review'Out of His Mind builds upon and strengthens work already done in the history of science to destabilise gendered notions of scientific and medical authority.'Heather Ellis, Women's History Review'Amy Milne-Smith makes an important contribution to historical understandings of the multi-dimensional interactions between gender and mental health, encompassing the medical, social, attitudinal and cultural.'Leonard Smith, Cultural and Social History -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Madmen in the attic?1 Men in care: the asylum2 Men in the community: homecare, doctor’s care, and travellers3 Personal shame: failures of morality and the will4 Madmen out of the attic: reputation, rage, and liberty5 Media panics: stories of violence, danger, and men out of control6 Degeneration and madness: inheritance, neurasthenia, criminals, and GPIEpilogue
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Bristol University Press Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms
Book SynopsisThe soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life for the first time through aural ethnography. Kate Herrity’s sensory criminology challenges current thinking on how power is experienced by the imprisoned and the lasting effects of incarceration for all who spend time in these environments.Table of Contents1. Just Landed 2. What Are You Hearing, Right Now? 3. Warp and Weft 4. “He’s Never Even Had a Magnum!” 5. Weft and Warp 6. A Night Inside 7. Talk to Me 8. Kackerlackas 9. A Kettle, a Penguin and a Word Arrow 10. Emotional Contagion 11. Arrhythmia 12. Polyrhythmia 13. Jingle Jangle 14. Disentangling Power and Order 15. Learning the “Everyday Tune” 16. Listening To Power 17. Singing Frogs, Looping the Slam 18. The Auld Triangle 19. The Hustle and Bustle 20. Phasing 21. Polyrhythmia Revisited 22. Bells, Whistles, Ships and Prisons 23. Shipping Out 24. References
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated The Hegemonic Male: Masculinity in a Portuguese
Book Synopsis The construction of masculinity is becoming a field of growing interest because it is opening up new and fascinating perspectives, thus adding a further dimension to Gender Studies. However, so far the analysis has focused mostly on homosexuality. By contrast, the author examines social processes and relations that constitute hegemonic masculinity, the central model that attempts to subordinate alternative masculinities, and which is the model of male domination, compulsory monogamy, heterosexuality and reproduction. It is fascinating to follow the author as he gradually unfolds this kind of masculinity in its nearly pure state. Moreover, he involves the reader in his critical reflections on the material and invites him or her to give some thought to such wider questions as whether the hegemonic male is more resistant to change in oral cultures than in urban settings, or up to which point the agents of domination are also its victims. In fact, the author concludes that the hegemonic male is an ideal model practically unattainable by any single man, which exerts over all men a strong controlling power and often forces on them ritualization of everyday behavior that leads to an impoverishment of their lives.Trade Review CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 1997 "... A stimulating and skillfully crafted book ... An important contribution to gender studies and to the anthropology of Europe." · Choice "... a highly successful study which maps masculinity in all its 'constructedness' and fragility ... it is excellent on the present and its immediate historical past." · South European Society & Politics "This detailed and meticulously researched book will be valuable to anthropologists, but also toreaders interested in Southern Europe and Gender Studies." · Journal of Area Studies "... an important addition to the literature of gender studies ... well worth reading." · H-Net Reviews (H-SAE)Table of Contents Figure: Genealogical Chart Showing Kinship and Relations between Main Informants Chapter 1. A Home for a Stranger: The Anthropologist's Construction of a Community Chapter 2. Blood, Sweat, and Semen: Masculinities in the Village Chapter 3. From the Land to Stone: Work, Power, and Conflict Chapter 4. In the Company of Men: Masculine Sociabilities Chapter 5. Hearts of Stone? The Gendered Poetics of Emotions Chapter 6. Excursio: For an Anthropological Approach to Masculinity Perspectives II Bibliography Index
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