The Politics of Manhood: Profeminist Men Respond to the Mythopoetic Men's Movement (and the Mythopoetic Leaders Answer)
- ISBN-10
- 1439901465
- ISBN-13
- 9781439901465
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Author
- Michael Kimmel
Description
A much-needed, often startling debate on the personal and political dimensions of masculinity.
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