Men's Studies

David G. Pugh examines the evolution and shape of the cult of masculinity in nineteenth-century America. The author contends that the men of the time had been cut loose from their traditional cultural moorings and required a leader with strength,...

Until recently, older men were not a social phenomenon commanding great attention. Older men are a distinct minority among men, accounting for 15 percent of the adult male population. Among elders, older men are still outnumbered by older women three to...

Warriors and Wildmen is a book about men and masculinity. Through an exploration of the complex issues of sex differences, the book presents a challenge to the predominant ideas of modern feminism. Contemporary studies of sex and gender have come...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759673656Author M. D. Michael James HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of man: the metrosexual. Overwhelmingly straight, white, and wealthy, these impeccably coiffed urban professionals spend big money on everything from facials to pedicures, all part of a...

This book provides an intriguing look at the long history of the changing definitions of what it means to "be a man," identifying both the continuity and disparity in these ideals and explaining the contemporary crisis of masculinity. In the classical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813565606Author Kristen BarberFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814207536Author Pieter SpierenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

Midlife is the stage of generativity versus stagnation. As a man realizes that he has lived more than half of his life, he will look for new ways to be generative with his family, as a father, in his community, and to others in general. Otherwise, he...

The paradoxical role nature plays in American myth and history grows in part from the male's reverent fascination with the wilderness and his equally strong impulse to dominate it. Many canonical literary works - think of Thoreau, Melville, Hemingway,...

"This book is about much more than just Promise Keepers. It offers critical insight into shifting ideas about masculinity, family, multiculturalism, fraternal associations, men and sports, subcultural boundary work, and grassroots social movements...

A psychological understanding of the problems associated with male sexuality is urgently needed, for this is one of the dimensions of the male code that has fallen the farthest and the fastest. . . . In this volume, Larry A. Morris provides what we most...

One of the most central issues for women's prospects for equality is whether man can and will change. Changing the social relations of gender will involve changing men's subjectives as well as their daily practices. This book asks whether this is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312348168Author Bernice KannerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 330g

Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture, such as: ""jock""; ""tool""; ""shooting blanks""; and ""gang bang"", this work argues that men are trapped and damaged by language that constantly intertwines sexuality and...

How does the male masochist provide a metaphor for modern and postmodern power? Through a study of the representations of masochism in literature, psychopathology, philosophy, and cultural theory, Mansfield challenges our fundamental assumptions about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775184805Author Sikandar MahmoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Before Offering Her the RingPublisher Before Offering Her the RingWeight(grams) 501g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662911316Author Logan CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943687251Author Ragnar RedbeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Underworld AmusementsPublisher Underworld AmusementsWeight(grams) 152g

'BoyMum is one of the most thought-provoking books I've read as a parent' The Times BoyMum is about boys and young men - how we are raising them, and what it means to be a man-in-the-making in an era when #MeToo has challenged our tolerance for toxic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885310338Author Rafa CondeFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943687268Author Ragnar RedbeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Underworld AmusementsPublisher Underworld AmusementsWeight(grams) 254g

Spanning the era from the American Revolution to the Civil War, these nine pathbreaking original essays explore the unexpected, competing, or contradictory ways in which southerners made sense of manhood. Employing a rich variety of methodologies, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589637825Author Dorothy Margaret StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Fredonia Books (NL)Publisher Fredonia Books (NL)Weight(grams) 426g

For twentieth-century Jewish immigrants and their children attempting to gain full access to American society, performative masculinity was a tool of acculturation. However, as scholar Miriam Eve Mora demonstrates, this performance is consistently...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621379645Author Stan LamackiFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Virtualbookworm.com PublishingPublisher Virtualbookworm.com PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501137020Author Professor James D WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 531g

What does men’s fashion say about contemporary masculinity? How do these notions operate in an increasingly digitized world? To answer these questions, author Joshua M. Bluteau combines theoretical analysis with vibrant narrative, exploring men’s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369362636Author Edward M AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 472g

In If We Must Die: From Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls, author Aime J. Ellis argues that throughout slavery, the Jim Crow era, and more recently in the proliferation of the prison industrial complex, the violent threat of death has functioned as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940567153Author Winston LeylandFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Gay Sunshine Press,U.S.Publisher Gay Sunshine Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 680g

Why do many Jamaican men acknowledge the importance of love, but also believe that men have the right to physically discipline their partners? How far does fathering become a journey of personal self-development? What happens to "outside...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684824666Author Armstrong WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 167g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595192106Author Leonard E BellinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint Writer's Showcase PressPublisher Writer's Showcase PressWeight(grams) 313g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061353154Author Guy GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

In a pathbreaking new assessment of the shaping of black male identity in the early twentieth century, Martin Summers explores how middle-class African American and African Caribbean immigrant men constructed a gendered sense of self through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312093310Author PurvisFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964885912Author Evan KeliherFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Pedagogue PressPublisher Pedagogue PressWeight(grams) 140g

Male Sexual Awareness counsels both single men and men as part of a couple. It explains why men feel and behave as they do. It explores the problems that prevent them from living a full, healthy sexual existence. It offers them and their partners...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393331318Author Kim TownsendFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co