Politics of Masculinities: Men in MovementsThe profound changes wrought by the feminist movement were by no means restricted to women. In the years since feminism has taken root, the role of men and masculinity has begun to undergo its own redefinition. Michael A. Messner provides a sociological framework to understand the responses of men to the changes, challenges, and crises in the social organization of gender. By examining not only what certain groups of men say about gender but what they do, Messner helps to illuminate the various social movements engaged with the politics of masculinity. Politics of Masculinities is one of the first books in the new Gender Lens series, which will look at the social world through the lens of gender. The mission of the series is to unpack the assumptions about gender that pervade social life, and to examine the centrality of these assumptions to the way we perceive and interpret our world. Politics of Masculinities is an ideal introduction to the discussion of gender roles and masculinity. This book will be of interest to students and professionals involved in gender studies, sociology, and menÆs studies. |
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User Review - shannonkearns - LibraryThingi liked this book a lot and found it a good synopsis of the various men's movements in the US. i also liked how the author laid out how the groups interacted with or against feminist groups and ... Read full review
Contents
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Racial and Sexual Identity Politics | 63 |
Racialized Masculinity Politics | 64 |
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Placing Multiracial Feminism at the Center of Political Discourse | 103 |
REFERENCES | 111 |
INDEX | 127 |
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Page 32 - I've made a terrible mistake. I've given you my role. I gave up leading this family, and I forced you to take my place. Now I must reclaim that role.
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Page 10 - crisis" presupposes a coherent system of some kind, which is destroyed or restored by the outcome of the crisis. Masculinity ... is not a system in that sense. It is, rather, a configuration of practice within a system of gender relations. We cannot logically speak of the crisis of a configuration; rather we might speak of its disruption or its transformation. We can, however, logically speak of the crisis of the gender order as a whole, and of its tendencies toward crisis, (p.
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Page ix - Foreword It is now more than twenty years since feminist sociologists identified gender as an important analytic dimension in sociology. In the intervening decades, theory and research on gender have grown exponentially. With this series, we intend to further this scholarship, as well as ensure that theory and research on gender become fully integrated into the discipline as a whole. In...
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Page 36 - If men cannot play freely, neither can they freely cry, be gentle, nor show weakness — because these are "feminine," not "masculine." But a fuller concept of humanity recognizes that all men and women are potentially both strong and weak, both active and passive, and that these and other human characteristics are not the province of one sex. The acceptance of sex-role stereotypes not only limits the individual but also has bad effects on society generally.
Page x - We show how our often unquestioned ideas about gender affect the worlds we see, the questions we ask, the answers we envision. The Gender Lens series is committed to social change directed toward eradicating these inequalities. Our goals are consistent with initiatives at colleges and universities across the United States that are encouraging the development of more diverse scholarship and teaching.
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| Title | Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements Volume 3 of G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Volume 3 of Gender lens series in sociology Volume 3 of The Gender Lens |
| Author | Michael A. Messner |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0803955774, 9780803955776 |
| Length | 137 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / Civil Rights Social Science / Men's Studies |
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