Manhood Impossible : Men's Struggles to Control and Transform their Bodies and Work / / Scott Melzer
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| Autore: |
Melzer Scott
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| Titolo: |
Manhood Impossible : Men's Struggles to Control and Transform their Bodies and Work / / Scott Melzer
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| Pubblicazione: | Camden : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] |
| ©[2018] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Body image |
| Sex role | |
| Masculinity | |
| Men - Identity | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Manhood Dilemma -- Part I: The Body Dilemma -- Part II: The Breadwinner Dilemma -- Part III: The Future of the Manhood Dilemma -- Appendix: Studying Men and Manhood -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Manhood Impossible, Scott Melzer argues that boys' and men's bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated and controlled is most connected to men's bodies and work. However, no man can live up to these culturally ascendant ideals of manhood. The strategies men use to manage unmet expectations often prove toxic, not only for men themselves, but also for other men, women, and society. Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men's struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Manhood Impossible |
| ISBN: | 0-8135-8491-4 |
| 0-8135-8492-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910552763903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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