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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172255203321

Autore

Collier Richard <1961->

Titolo

Masculinity, law, and the family / / Richard Collier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-134-87335-2

0-203-30529-9

1-134-87336-0

1-280-33656-0

0-203-42154-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

346.7301/3

347.30613

Soggetti

Men - Legal status, laws, etc

Sex and law

Critical legal studies

Fathers - Legal status, laws, etc

Masculinity

Men - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-324) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- On law and masculinity -- chapter 2 Theorising masculinity and the family -- chapter 3 Law, sex and masculinity -- chapter 4 Love without fear -- Representations of male heterosexuality in law -- chapter 5 The good father in law: authority, work and the reconstruction of fatherhoood -- Authority, work and the reconstruction of fatherhood -- chapter 6 Family men and dangerous masculinities -- chapter 7 Changing masculinities, changing law -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

An incisive exploration of representations in law of male sexuality, authority, paternity and men's violence in the family. This book is of central importance to our understanding of the social and political dimension of masculinity.