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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786595503321

Titolo

Men in feminism / / edited by Alice Jardin & Paul Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-20407-5

0-203-09396-8

1-283-86126-7

1-136-20408-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 285 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

305.4/2

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Men - Psychology

Sex role

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

MEN IN FEMINISM; Copyright; MEN IN FEMINISM; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Male Feminism; 2. Men in Feminism: Men and Feminist Theory; 3. Men in Feminism: Men and Feminist Theory; 4. Demonstrating Sexual Difference; 5. Men in Feminism: Odor di Uomo or Compagnons de Route?; 6. Walking the Tightrope of Feminism and Male Desire; 7. A Man's Place; 8. Femmeninism; 9. No Question of Silence; 10. A Double Life (Femmeninism II); 11. Dreaming Dissymmetry: Barthes, Foucault, and Sexual Difference; 12. French Theory and the Seduction of Feminism

13. Critical Cross-Dressing: Male Feminists and the Woman of the Year14. Response; 15. Elaine Showalter Replies; 16. Man on Feminism: A Criticism of His Own; A Criticism of One's Own; 17. Men, Feminism: The Materiality of Discourse; 18. in any event . . .; 19. In, With; 20. Women in the Beehive: A Seminar With; 21. Reading Like a Man; 22. Outlaws: Gay Men in Feminism; 23. Envy: or With My Brains and Your Looks; 24. A Conversation; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

What are men doing in feminist discourse? Although many feminists have commented on the relation, actual or possible, of men to feminist thinking and practice, and although some male academics have written



about feminism, there has so far been little shared discussion. Men in Feminism is the first substantial attempt to produce a dialogue between feminists and their male allies.This lively book, comprised of essays by both men and women, is a controversial sally in the current debate over the future of feminist theory. Its focus is one seemingly direct and yet surprisingly p