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Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities by Simon J. Bronner
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $38.20Take this test. You think today's sensitive, caring man is: (a) a myth, (b) an oxymoron, or (c) a moron. No matter whether you laugh at this bit of folk humor, its wide circulation bespeaks a modern predicament for American men. Men's "manly" traditions... -
The Male Body at War: American Masculinity during World War II by Christina S. Jarvis
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $46.43Muscular, fearless, youthful, athletic-the World War II soldier embodied masculine ideals and represented the manhood of the United States. In The Male Body at War, Christina Jarvis examines the creation of this national symbol, from military recruitment... -
Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness by Walter J. Ong
RRP: $62.40Booksplease Price: $54.21What accounts for the popularity of the macho image, the fanaticism of sports enthusiasts, and the perennial appeal of Don Quixote's ineffectual struggles? In Fighting for Life, Walter J. Ong addresses these and related questions, offering insight into... -
Conceptions of Postwar German Masculinity by Roy Jerome
RRP: $52.65Booksplease Price: $43.91This groundbreaking work examines the long-ignored issue of masculinity and masculine identity in German culture, society, and literature, from 1945 to the present. Utilizing emerging men's studies theories, feminism, psychoanalysis, and literary... -
Performing American Masculinities: The 21st-Century Man in Popular Culture by Elwood Watson
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $34.53This collection highlights the fluidity of masculinity in American popular culture at the turn of the new millennium and beyond by examining possibilities for male identity formation. Each chapter mines American popular culture-theatre, film, literature,... -
Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men's Literature and Culture, 1775-1995 by Maurice O. Wallace
RRP: $54.58Booksplease Price: $47.99In seven representative episodes of black masculine literary and cultural history-from the founding of the first African American Masonic lodge in 1775 to the 1990s choreographies of modern dance genius Bill T. Jones-Constructing the Black Masculine maps... -
White Middle-Class Men in Rio de Janeiro: The Making of a Dominant Subject by Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz
RRP: $156.00Booksplease Price: $139.85In this book based on the biographical accounts of upper-middle-class white men living in wealthy parts of Rio de Janeiro, Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz analyzes specific experiences of whiteness as they are produced at the intersection of multiple... -
The Masculine Self in Late Medieval England by Derek G. Neal
Booksplease Price: $57.10What did it mean to be a man in medieval England? Most would answer this question by alluding to the power and status men enjoyed in a patriarchal society, or they might refer to iconic images of chivalrous knights. While these popular ideas do have... -
Stiffed 20th Anniversary Edition: The Roots of Modern Male Rage by Susan Faludi 9780062858412
RRP: $44.83Booksplease Price: $35.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062858412Author Susan FaludiFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Toxic Masculinity: Curing the Virus: Making Men Smarter, Healthier, Safer by Stephen M Whitehead 9781789825251
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $18.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789825251Author Stephen M WhiteheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint AG BooksPublisher AG BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
Behold the Man: A Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality by Harold Burke-Sivers 9781586178871
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $23.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586178871Author Harold Burke-SiversFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press -
Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London by Angus McLaren 9781421423470
RRP: $41.93Booksplease Price: $33.15In December 1937, four respectable young men in their twenties, all products of elite English public schools, conspired to lure to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel a representative of Cartier, the renowned jewelry firm. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally... -
Testosterone: The molecule behind power, sex, and the will to win by Joe Herbert 9780198724988
RRP: $30.21Booksplease Price: $24.36We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masculinity: it changes the body and brain to make a male. It is involved... -
Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063138322Author JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle by Michael Andor Brodeur 9780807059364
RRP: $56.45Booksplease Price: $42.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807059364Author Michael Andor BrodeurFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
Odd Man Out: Breaking the Vow of Male Silence by Nigel Atkinson 9781999727307
Booksplease Price: $32.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999727307Author Nigel AtkinsonFormat PaperbackImprint Elloa and Nige AtkinsonPublisher Elloa and Nige Atkinson -
The Masculinity Manifesto: How a Man Establishes Influence, Credibility and Authority by Ryan Michler 9781684513314
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $32.99Men are not the enemy, and masculinity, contrary to what much of popular culture would have you believe, is the solution to what plagues individuals, families, and society as a whole. MEN, YOU ARE NOT TOXIC. You are hardwired to be masculine and you... -
Kit and Caboodle: The Story of Football in Campbeltown by Alex McKinven 9781849211963
RRP: $29.15Booksplease Price: $28.76Alex McKinven's passion for football has been life-long - first as a player and then as a manager - and that passion shines through in this book, the first comprehensive history of the game in Campbeltown, which documents the evolution of local football... -
Testosterone: Sex, Power, and the Will to Win by Joe Herbert 9780198724971
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $33.48We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masculinity: it changes the body and brain to make a male. It is involved... -
What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer by Jonathan Ames 9780375726491
RRP: $37.05Booksplease Price: $30.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375726491Author Jonathan AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Future Man: How to Evolve and Thrive in the Age of Trump, Mansplaining, and #MeToo by Tim Samuels
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $31.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628729931Author Tim SamuelsFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships by Geoffrey L. Greif 9780195326420
Booksplease Price: $72.15Much has been made of the complex social arrangements that girls and women navigate, but little scholarly or popular attention has focused on what friendship means to men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with nearly 400 men, therapist and researcher... -
With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India by G. Reddy 9780226707563
Booksplease Price: $57.10With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and... -
The Male In The Head by Janet Holland 9781872767475
Booksplease Price: $51.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872767475Author et alFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Tufnell PressPublisher Tufnell PressWeight(grams) 362g -
Cultures of Masculinity by Tim Edwards
RRP: $99.43Booksplease Price: $89.86Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores the interface between traditional sociological approaches and the work covered by more post-structural,... -
Imagined Masculinities: Male Identity and Culture in the Modern Middle East by Mai Ghoussoub 9780863560422
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $21.22Attempts to challenge the virtual exclusion of the male prespective from Middle Eastern studies of gender. The text investigates the ways in which men are acting, reacting and adapting to the structural upheaval of the "traditional" family and to new... -
Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall 9780679740704
RRP: $23.38Booksplease Price: $23.34Apologies 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 -
Bad Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder (Sociopathy) by Donald W. Black
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $50.31Several 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,... -
Rent Boys: The World of Male Sex Trade Workers by Michel Dorais 9780773529038
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $28.35From 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... -
Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America by Richard Majors 9780671865726
Booksplease Price: $25.37Apologies 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 *... -
Brothers: Male Dominance and Technological Change by Cynthia Cockburn 9780745305837
Booksplease Price: $72.91Cynthia 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... -
Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper
RRP: $37.05Booksplease Price: $23.67Apologies 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)... -
Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture by Paul Nathanson 9780773530997
RRP: $44.83Booksplease Price: $34.32A probing inquiry into the pervasiveness of negative male stereotypes in popular culture.A probing inquiry into the pervasiveness of negative male stereotypes in popular culture.About the AuthorPaul Nathanson is a researcher, religious studies, McGill... -
Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America by John F Kasson 9780809055470
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $23.65Apologies 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 -
Manliness and Civilization: Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917 by Gail Bederman
Booksplease Price: $53.35When 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... -
Emergent Masculinities in the Pacific by Aletta Biersack 9780367142483
RRP: $89.68Booksplease Price: $81.51Emergent 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... -
The Tough Standard: The Hard Truths About Masculinity and Violence by Ronald F. Levant
RRP: $47.76Booksplease Price: $40.66Men 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,... -
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V Reeves
RRP: $54.50Booksplease Price: $40.58Apologies 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... -
Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages by Clare A. Lees 9780816624263
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $34.53Since 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... -
The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity by George L. Mosse 9780195126600
RRP: $140.40Booksplease Price: $93.07This 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...