Masculinities in contemporary American culture : an intersectional approach to the complexities and challenges of male identity / / Thomas Keith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910159452903321
• Autore: Keith Thomas <1958-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-315-74545-3; 1-317-59534-3; 1-317-59535-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (603 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.310973
• Soggetti: Men - United States; Masculinity - United States; Men - Identity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Patriarchy, male privilege, and the consequences of living in a patriarchal society -- 2. Masculinity and the nature-nurture debate -- 3. Men's movements and organizations -- 4. The boy crisis -- 5. Fatherhood -- 6. Media and masculine representation I : the construction of 'normal' -- 7. Media and masculine representation II : advertising, heteronormativity, and the construction of male insecurity -- 8. Masculinity and music -- 9. Boys, men, and sports -- 10. Men, anger, violence, and crime -- 11. Men, sex, and pornography -- 12. Men, health, and aging.
• Sommario/riassunto: Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.