ISBN:
9780062858412
,
0062858416
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiv, 643 pages
,
22 cm
Edition:
20th anniversary edition, first William Morrow paperback edition with a new preface by the author
DDC:
305.310973
Keywords:
Men Social conditions
;
Men Psychology
;
Masculinity
;
Masculinity
;
Men ; Psychology
;
Men ; Social conditions
;
United States
;
USA
;
Mann
;
Männlichkeit
Abstract:
" Faludi turns her attention to the so-called "Angry Male" politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, Stiffed goes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior--that it's driven by chromosomes or hormones--to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood. Faludi's vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a "utilitarian" manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an "ornamental" masculinity shaped by entertainment. .Read in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi's analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. Stiffed delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated"--Back cover
Note:
"Originally published as Stiffed: the betrayal of the American man by Harper Perennial in 1999"--Title page verso
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
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