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Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements: 3
Author(s): Michael A. Messner (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 25 April 1997
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 164 pages
- ISBN-10: 0803955766
- ISBN-13: 9780803955769
Book Description
In the years since feminism has taken root, the role of men and masculinity has begun to undergo its own redefinition. Michael A Messner provides a sociological framework to understand the responses of men to the changes, challenges and crises in the social organization of gender. He examines not only what certain groups of men say about gender but also what they do. The various social movements engaged with the politics of masculinity are also looked at.
Editorial Reviews
Review
is an insightful and progressive sociological analysis of the wide range of men’s movement discourse and practice in the contemporary United States. As such it serves as an excellent introduction of its subject for students and scholars, and it will likely become a standard text in undergraduate courses on critical studies of masculinities. –“American Studies”
It stands out from a good deal of the sociological work on masculinity. –Sean Nixon “British Journal of Sociology”
