Does God Make the Man?: Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity
Stewart M. Hoover
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Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Many believe that religion plays a positive role in men’s identity development, with religion promoting good behavior, and morality. In contrast, we often assume that the media is a negative influence for men, teaching them to be rough and violent, and to ignore their emotions. In Does God Make the Man?, Stewart M. Hoover and Curtis D. Coats draw on extensive interviews and participant observation with both Evangelical and non-Evangelical men, including Catholics as well as Protestants, to argue that neither of these assumptions is correct.
Dismissing the easy notion that media encourages toxic masculinity and religion is always ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479811779
SKU
V9781479811779
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99-1
About Stewart M. Hoover
Stewart M. Hoover is Professor of Media Studies and Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at the University of Colorado. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twelve books, including most recently Media, Spiritualities and Social Change. Curtis D. Coats is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Millsaps College (MS).
Reviews for Does God Make the Man?: Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity
"Focuses the lenses of feminist analysis on critical cultural audience studies. Hoover and Coatss research is deeply invested in the work accomplished at the nexus of media, religion, and gender, most specifically examining the shape of twenty-first-century white, middle-class, heterosexual American masculinities. In this illuminating book, media and religion coexist as alternative and intersecting symbolic worlds. They contribute to the ... Read more