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Men and Masculinity A Text-Reader

by: Cohen, Theodore F.

Men and Masculinity A Text-Reader

by: Cohen, Theodore F.

ISBN 13:
9780534536589
ISBN 10:
0534536581
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/17/2000
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

This anthology of readings designed for gender studies or men's studies courses is organized around specific themes and issues, including men in marriage, socialization, men and employment, and men in trouble. Selections are drawn from interviews and first-person narratives, as well as from more traditional academic sources.

Preface

Just Because They're Men

(52)

The Cultural Construction of Gender and Manhood

(10)

James G. Peoples

``Night to His Day'': The Social Construction of Gender

(10)

Judith Lorber

Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity

(13)

Michael S. Kimmel

``Macho'': Contemporary Conceptions

(11)

Alfredo Mirande

Making Men Out of Them: Male Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence

(44)

Markers to Manhood: Samburu

(9)

David Gilmore

Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity

(8)

William Pollack

Football Ritual and the Social Reproduction of Masculinity

(8)

Donald F. Sabo

Joe Panepinto

Trains

(4)

Nathan McCall

He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy

(4)

Tommi Avicolli

The Kid No One Noticed

(3)

Jonah Blank

Men as Friends

(58)

Men's Friendships: Mismeasured, Demeaned, and Misunderstood?

103

(15)

Kim G. Dolgin

Men, Women, and Friendship: What They Say, What They Do

118

(13)

Karen Walker

Covert Intimacy: Closeness in Men's Friendships

131

(15)

Scott Swain

Men Have Friends, Too!

146

(2)

Richard Nightingale

All-American Guys

148

(7)

Bernard Lefkowitz

Men in Families

155

(121)

Couples Watching Television: Gender, Power, and the Remote Control

165

(12)

Alexis J. Walker

Trading Places: Changes in Gender Roles Within the Iranian Immigrant Family

177

(15)

Ali Akbar Mahdi

Thinking About the Baby: Gender and the Division of Infant Care

192

(15)

Susan Walzer

Japanese Families: The Father's Place in a Changing World

207

(12)

Gary DeCoker

Doing It Fairly: A Study of Postgender Marriages

219

(20)

Barbara J. Risman

Danette Johnson-Summerford

Generative Fathering After Divorce and Remarriage: Beyond the ``Disappearing Dad''

239

(9)

Kay Pasley

Carmelle Minton

Patriarchal Terrorism and Common Couple Violence: Two Forms of Violence Against Women

248

(13)

Michael P. Johnson

Straight from the Heart

261

(7)

Rod

Bob Jackson--Paris

The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son

268

(5)

Martin Espada

Stardust Memories

273

(3)

Mark Neilsen

Men and Employment

276

(69)

Giving at the Office

282

(8)

Arlie Russell Hochschild

``When You Get Laid Off, It's Like You Lose a Part of Yourself''

290

(12)

Lillian B. Rubin

Leaving Work and Staying Home: The Impact on Men of Terminating the Male Economic-Provider Role

302

(18)

Theodore F.Cohen

John Durst

The Meaning and Significance of Race: Employers and Inner-City Workers

320

(12)

William Julius Wilson

Dimensions of the Closet

332

(10)

James Woods

The Indignities of Unemployment

342

(1)

Kenneth W. Brown

Retirement Dinner

343

(2)

Bob Greene

Men in Trouble

345

(45)

Surviving and Thriving: Men and Physical Health

352

(9)

Christopher Kilmartin

Men's Hidden Depression

361

(7)

Terrence Real

Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?

368

(11)

A. Ayres Boswell

Joan Z. Spade

The Coach, the Player...and Their Demons

379

(9)

Bill Minutaglio

Rage of the American Male

388

(2)

Susan Faludi

Movements of Men and the Politics of Masculinity

390

(7)

Essentialist Retreats: The Mythopoetic Men's Movement and the Christian Promise Keepers

397

(12)

Michael Messner

African American Men: The Challenge of Racism

409

(13)

Kenneth Clatterbaugh

(In) Secure Times: Constructing White Working-Class Masculinities in the Late 20th Century

422

(13)

Michelle Fine

Lois Weis

Judi Addelston

Julia Marusza

The Feminist Man's Manifesto

435

Jon Morgan

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Men and Masculinity A Text-Reader

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9780534536589

0534536581

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