Men and Masculinity: the Basics
Author(s): Nigel Edley
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
- : Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
- : 01 May 2017
- : 19.70 cmmm X 13.30 cmmm X 1.60 cmmm
- : books
Special Fields
- : 198
- : en
- : Nigel Edley