Men and Masculinity: The Basics

Men and Masculinity: The Basics
ISBN-10
131765370X
ISBN-13
9781317653707
Category
Social Science
Pages
186
Language
English
Published
2017-05-12
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Nigel Edley

Description

Men 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.

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