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12 of the Best Books and Articles on: Men's Studies

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Masculinity Studies & Feminist Theory: New Directions » Read Now
by Judith Kegan Gardiner. 386 pgs.

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Why is there so much talk of a "crisis" of masculinity? How have ideas of manhood been transformed by feminism? Does feminism hold the key to the development of more egalitarian forms of masculinity? Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory addresses central questions about the analysis and...
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Why is there so much talk of a "crisis" of masculinity? How have ideas of manhood been transformed by feminism? Does feminism hold the key to the development of more egalitarian forms of masculinity? Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory addresses central questions about the analysis and construction of masculinity in contemporary society. The volume examines the ways male privilege and power are constituted and represented and explores the effect of such constructions on both men and women. With subjects ranging from Robert Bly's Iron John to Tom Hank's "niceness," this collection overturns old paradigms about identity, victimization, and dominant and alternative forms of masculinity to advance new dialogues between masculinity studies and feminist theory. Looking particularly at literature, film, and classroom practices, Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory links the analysis of masculinities with feminism's ethical and political agenda for the future. Its authors share a conviction that such a link not only reveals the persistence, now more subtle and varied, of male entitlement but also promises to create an enriched and reinvigorated feminism for a new century.
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Contemporary Perspectives on Masculinity: Men, Women, and Politics in Modern Society » Read Now
by Kenneth Clatterbaugh. 246 pgs.

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...set of issues. Second, the area of mens studies is now considerably stronger and more...generally Barash 1982:339-359 . Yet studies of primates and humans offer a more...
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Revisioning Men's Lives: Gender, Intimacy, and Power » Read Now
by Terry A. Kupers. 200 pgs.

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Men's Ways of Being » Read Now
by Christopher McLean, Maggie Carey, Cheryl White. 260 pgs.

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Warriors and Wildmen: Men, Masculinity, and Gender » Read Now
by Stephen Wicks. 162 pgs.

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Warriors and Wildmen is a book about men and masculinity. Through an exploration of the complex issues of sex differences, the book presents a challenge to the predominant ideas of modern feminism. Contemporary studies of sex and gender have come primarily from the perspective of women's studies. In...
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Warriors and Wildmen is a book about men and masculinity. Through an exploration of the complex issues of sex differences, the book presents a challenge to the predominant ideas of modern feminism. Contemporary studies of sex and gender have come primarily from the perspective of women's studies. In the 1990s, however, a growing body of work offers a male perspective. This book surveys that collection, and draws from a wide variety of popular and scholarly writers in support of its major points. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in men's studies, gender issues, and feminism.
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Masculinities, Change, and Conflict in Global Society: Thinking About the Future of Men's Studies, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by R. W. Connell. 18 pgs.

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...society: thinking about the future of mens studies. by R. W. Connell WHERE WE...were thrown into relief by ethnographic studies such as Herdt (1981) and Cockburn...
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Fierce and Tender Men: Sociological Aspects of the Men's Movement » Read Now
by Clinton J. Jesser. 132 pgs.

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This book takes the reader on a journey through some men's "land" and into some men's "houses". Along the way we look at whether or not there is a men's movement: what men's studies might consists of: where men have belonged in society through history: the nature of men's wounds and pain;...
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This book takes the reader on a journey through some men's "land" and into some men's "houses". Along the way we look at whether or not there is a men's movement: what men's studies might consists of: where men have belonged in society through history: the nature of men's wounds and pain; "femininity" and "masculinity": men's (boy's) differentiation from their mothers and their search for their fathers; and a refreshing view of men and sex, fatherhood, and work. Finally, we look at men coming together in men's support groups; amending the wrongs of their past: blessing each other in word, story, ritual, and spirit; and creating projects that forward new missions and end men's isolation from each other. Fierce and Tender Men is critical, analytical, and inspirational, drawing on current research in gender, on students' views in gender classes, and on the author's own experience and his participation in men's work over the last eight years. This book confronts, but does not scapegoat, men.
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Ongoing Tensions Between Men's Studies and Women's Studies, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by Mark E. Kann. 11 pgs.

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...Ongoing Tensions Between Mens Studies and Womens Studies. by MARK E. KANN Feminist scholars founded...departments. Of the first six appointments, two were mens studies...
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Men's Studies and Women's Studies: Commonality, Dependence, and Independence, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by Joanne K. Urschel. 4 pgs.

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...Mens Studies and Womens Studies: Commonality, Dependence, and Independence. by JOANNE K. URSCHEL The relationship between mens studies and womens studies has a long, rich...
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Women's Studies and Men's Studies: Friends or Foes?, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by Mark J. Justad. 6 pgs.

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...Womens Studies and Mens Studies: Friends or Foes? by MARK J. JUSTAD First, let me share...confessions. One, I am unabashedly profeminist in my approach to mens studies, or...
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Men's Studies and Women's Studies: Should They Be Wed?, in The Journal of Men's Studies » Read Now
by Vicki L. Sommer. 6 pgs.

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...Mens Studies and Womens Studies: Should They Be Wed? by VICKI L. SOMMER What is the relationship of mens studies to womens studies? Do they have a future together? These...
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Dislocating Masculinity: Comparative Ethnographies » Read Now
by Andrea Cornwall, Nancy Lindisfarne. 236 pgs.

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This book draws upon anthropology, feminism and postmodernism to offer a penetrating and challenging study of how gender operates. The book offers a radical critique of much of the recent writing on and by men and raises important questions about embodiment, agency and the variety of masculine styles.