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Misframing Men: The Politics of Contemporary Masculinities
Michael S. Kimmel
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Description for Misframing Men: The Politics of Contemporary Masculinities
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This past decade has witnessed an extraordinary transformation in men's lives. For years, wave after wave of the women's movement, a movement that reshaped every aspect of American life, produced nary a ripple among men. But suddenly men are in the spotlight.
Yet, the public discussions often seem strained, silly, and sometimes flat-out wrong. The spotlight itself seems to obscure as much as it illuminates. Old tired clichTs about men's resistance to romantic commitment or reluctance to be led to the marriage altar seem perennially recyclable in advice books and on TV talk shows, but these days the ... Read more
This past decade has witnessed an extraordinary transformation in men's lives. For years, wave after wave of the women's movement, a movement that reshaped every aspect of American life, produced nary a ripple among men. But suddenly men are in the spotlight.
Yet, the public discussions often seem strained, silly, and sometimes flat-out wrong. The spotlight itself seems to obscure as much as it illuminates. Old tired clichTs about men's resistance to romantic commitment or reluctance to be led to the marriage altar seem perennially recyclable in advice books and on TV talk shows, but these days the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813547633
SKU
V9780813547633
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About Michael S. Kimmel
Michael Kimmel is a professor of sociology at SUNY, Stony Brook. A highly visible advocate for gender equality, he is the author of the celebrated Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men and Manhood in America, the definitive history of American masculinity, among other books, and is the founding editor of Men and Masculinities. He was among the founders ... Read more
Reviews for Misframing Men: The Politics of Contemporary Masculinities
"Kimmel offers an insightful, balanced view of the problems behind 'me Tarzan, you Jane'."
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"Kimmel offers an insightful, balanced view of the problems behind 'me Tarzan, you Jane'."
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"Kimmel offers an insightful, balanced view of the problems behind 'me Tarzan, you Jane'."
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