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The Men and the Boys
Author(s): R. W. Connell (Author)
- Publisher: Polity Pr
- Publication Date: October 13, 2000
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0745626335
- ISBN-13: 9780745626338
Book Description
In this timely new volume, Bob Connell – one of the world’s leading authorities on masculinity – helps us to understand these developments, and make sense of the multiplying issues about men and boys. Five years on from the publication of his seminal study, Masculinities, Connell reflects on the growing social scientific research in this area. He assesses its strengths and weaknesses and explores its implications for contemporary problems from boys’ education and men’s health to international peacemaking.
Written in a lively and accessible way, this book will be essential reading for all students of sociology, politics and gender studies, as well as anyone interested in the future of gender relations.
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In this timely new volume, Bob Connell – one of the world’s leading authorities on masculinity – helps us to understand these developments, and make sense of the multiplying issues about men and boys. Five years on from the publication of his seminal study, Masculinities, Connell reflects on the growing social scientific research in this area. He assesses its strengths and weaknesses and explores its implications for contemporary problems from boys’ education and men’s health to international peacemaking.
Written in a lively and accessible way, this book will be essential reading for all students of sociology, politics and gender studies, as well as anyone interested in the future of gender relations.
