ISBN:
9781138791992
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Parallel Title:
Print version Men, Masculinities and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)
DDC:
305.31
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume presents a series of illustrative and critical perspectives upon the developing study of men and masculinities and its importance for sociological theory. The contributions, by women and men from Britain and the United States, are organized around the unifying themes of Power and Domination; Sexuality; Identity and Perception. Feminism has raised profound questions for the social sciences, for sociological theory and for the study of men. The contributors to this volume discuss how such questions can be addressed. They demonstrate the range of theoretical traditions that can be bro
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor''s Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Men, masculinities and social theory; Part 1 Power and Domination; 2 Men, power and the exploitation of women; 3 Patriarchy and fratriarchy as forms of androcracy; 4 Racism, black masculinity and the politics of space; 5 Men''s power in organizations: ''equal opportunities'' intervenes; Part 2 Sexualities; 6 After fifteen years: the impact of the sociology of masculinity on the masculinity of sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Beyond sex and gender: masculinity, homosexuality and social theory8 Pornography and the alienation of male sexuality; Part 3 Identity and Perception; 9 The significance of gender politics in men''s accounts of their ''gender identity''; 10 Masculinity, identification, and political culture; 11 Male perception as social construct; 12 Doing masculinity/doing theory; Part 4 Commentaries; 13 The critique of men; 14 The new men''s studies: part of the problem or part of the solution?; 15 Men, feminism and power; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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