Handbook of studies on men & masculinities / / edited by Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, R.W. Connell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816534003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2005
• ISBN: 1-322-41375-4; 1-4129-7348-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.) : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): KimmelMichael S; HearnJeff <1947->; ConnellRaewyn <1944->
• Disciplina: 305.31
• Soggetti: Men - Social conditions; Masculinity; Sex role
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- CONTENTS -- 1 - INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 2 - SOCIAL THEORIES FOR RESEARCHING MEN AND MASCULINITIES: Direct Gender Hierarchy and Structural Inequality -- 3 - MEN, MASCULINITIES, AND FEMINIST THEORY -- 4 - QUEERING THE PITCH?: Gay Masculinities -- PART II: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PATTERNS -- 5 - GLOBALIZATION, IMPERIALISM, AND MASCULINITIES -- 6 - MEN IN THE THIRD WORLD: Postcolonial Perspectives on Masculinity -- 7 - MASCULINITIES IN LATIN AMERICA -- 8 - EAST ASIAN MASCULINITIES -- 9 - MEN, MASCULINITIES, AND "EUROPE" -- PART III: STRUCTURES, INSTITUTIONS, AND PROCESSES -- 10 - CLASS AND MASCULINITY -- 11 - MALE SEXUALITIES -- 12 - MEN, MASCULINITIES, AND CRIME -- 13 - MASCULINITIES IN EDUCATION -- 14 - BOYS AND MEN IN FAMILIES: The Domestic Production of Gender, Power, and Privilege -- 15 - FATHERHOOD AND MASCULINITIES -- 16 - "GENTLEMEN, THE LUNCHBOX HAS LANDED": Representations of Masculinities and Men's Bodies in the Popular Media -- 17 - MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN WORK, ORGANIZATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT -- PART IV: BODIES, SELVES, DISCOURSES -- 18 - STILL A MAN'S WORLD?: ; Studying Masculinities and Sport -- 19 - THE STUDY OF MASCULINITIES AND MEN'S HEALTH: An Overview -- 20 - MASCULINITIES AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE -- 21 - MASCULINITY AND DEGREES OF BODILY NORMATIVITY IN WESTERN CULTURE -- 22 - TRANSGENDERING, MEN, AND MASCULINITIES -- PART V: POLITICS -- 23 - NATION -- 24 - GLOBALIZATION AND ITS MAL(E)CONTENTS: The Gendered Moral and Political Economy of Terrorism -- 25 - WAR, MILITARISM, AND MASCULINITIES -- 26 - ISLAMIST MASCULINITY AND MUSLIM MASCULINITIES -- 27 - MEN'S COLLECTIVE STRUGGLES FOR GENDER JUSTICE: The Case of Antiviolence Activism -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.
• Sommario/riassunto: The handbook provides a broad view of masculinities primarily across the social sciences, but including important debates in areas of the humanities & natural sciences.