Men's Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679740704Author Nathan McCallFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 311g

Several years after the first edition of Bad Boys, Bad Men was published, Donald W. Black, MD, brings us the Revised and Updated edition. Containing the same examination of antisocial personality disorder, Dr. Black continues to draw on case studies,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684512348Author Anthony EsolenFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Best Book, Culture and Ideas 2022 and Best Book 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780815739876Author Richard ReevesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Brookings...

From the acclaimed author of "Don't Tell" and "Dead Boys Can't Dance." Candid interviews and personal stories highlight a provocative exploration of the lives of male street hustlers, strippers, and escorts.From the acclaimed author of "Don't Tell" and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671865726Author Richard MajorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 216gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Cynthia Cockburn's classic work began as a study on the human impact of technological change, but ended as an exploratiion in the making and remaking of men, showing how work and technology are used by men in maintaining their control over women. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974509105Author Aaron KipnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Indigo Phoenix BooksPublisher Indigo Phoenix BooksWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award.Book InformationISBN 9781592402496Author Hill HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Since the mid-1970s men's studies, and gender studies has earned its place in scholarship. What's often missing from such studies, however, is the insight that the concept of gender in general, and that of masculinity in particular, can be understood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353588Author Nora SamaranFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted that he was doing it "for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809055470Author John F KassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 23mm

Emergent Masculinities in the Pacific focuses on the plasticity and contingent nature of Pacific Island masculinities over the course of colonial and postcolonial histories. The several case histories concern the use of sports to recuperate but also...

Men are commonly expected to act "masculine" (e.g., self-sufficient, stoic, strong, dependable, brave, tough, and hard-working) while avoiding stereotypically "feminine" traits (e.g., emotional expressivity, empathy, and nurturance). Few, however,...

This is the first historical account of the masculine stereotype as it evolved in modern Western culture. It shows how 20th-century fascism gave the manly ideal its extreme expression - in mass rallies that glorified the storm trooper while attacking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645037095Author Lyle J RubinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 238mm * 158mm *...

Masculine domination is so anchored in our social practices and our unconscious that we hardly perceive it; it is so much in line with our expectations that we find it difficult to call into question. Pierre Bourdieu's analysis of Kabyle society provides...

Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be heard.Looks at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551522562Author David ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp PressWeight(grams) 1012g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400071289Author Stephen ArterburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A...

Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. Serves as a much-needed introduction to the field for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature,...

Drawing from political sociology, pop psychology, and film studies, Cinemas of Boyhood explores the important yet often overlooked subject of boys and boyhood in film. This collected volume features an eclectic range of films from British and Indian...

We live in an era in which many of the men occupying the highest seats of power--from the movie producer's chair to the desk chair of the Oval Office--think misogyny is perfectly permissible. The same dynamics repeat themselves at every scale. And yet,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972045Author Mark MatousekFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640091818Author Jared Yates SextonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Explores British cinematic representations of masculinityFrom the new man to the metrosexual, British society from the 1990s to the 2000s was pre-occupied with questions about masculinity, and more specifically with the idea that it was somehow 'in...

There was a time when everyone knew what a real man was... now, with changing times, values and roles, many men struggle with what it means to be a "real man" in the 21st Century. What does a real man look like? How does he act? What are his values...

Bech proposes a novel interpretation of the nature of masculinity and its connections with homosexuality. Besides a critical discussion of existing theories in the area, the author also analyses a rich variety of other materials, including novels, films...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101986745Author Alexandra RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 134mm *...

In 1894, French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. The ensuing scandal has often been studied for what it reveals about French anti-Semitism and tensions between republicanism and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941768907Author Jed Diamond PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Waterside ProductionsPublisher Waterside ProductionsWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904587286Author Chris CoekinFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 837g

She can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan, and please her man: The popular media influence perceptions of women and their role(s) in society. But what of men? Indeed, men and masculinity have been the norm, the yardstick against which women--and...

Drawing on qualitative studies of teamsport athletes and fraternity members, this book describes the rapidly changing world of masculinities among men in both the United States and Great Britain. As cultural homophobia decreases, university-aged men are...

The last decade has witnessed the phenomenal growth of the men's magazine market, raising important questions of a more general kind. What is the significance of the rise of men's lifestyle magazines for gender politics? Are we witnessing a backlash...

The late-twentieth-century anxiety about a 'crisis in masculinity' still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures. Studying Men and Masculinities offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of masculinity. Drawing on a wide range of...

Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of men, but have more recently focused on the problems of...

Shyness & Love covers the only major study conducted to date on social anxiety disorder as it is manifested in informal, unstructured, male/female dating and courtship situations. It focuses on the causes-both biomedical as well as situational-of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974132464Author Earl W HippFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Human Resource Development PressPublisher Human Resource Development PressWeight(grams)...