Columbia University Press 2002 Hardcover Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.

Columbia University Press. hardcover. Good. Clean, sturdy, unmarked copy in good + condition. Light shelf wear, mostly to bottom right corner. a few (3 to 4) pages dog-eared with some penciled markings. All other text unmarked. Great copy! SZ Columbia University Press ISBN 0231122780 9780231122788 [US]

ISBN10: 0231122780, ISBN13: 9780231122788, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
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New. Why is there so much talk of a "crisis" of masculinity? How have ideas of manhood been transformed by feminism? Does feminism hold the key to the development of more egalitarian forms of masculinity? Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory addresses central questions about the analysis and construction of masculinity in contemporary society. The volume examines the ways male privilege and power are constituted and represented and explores the effect of such constructions on both men and women. With subjects ranging from Robert Bly's Iron John to Tom Hank's "niceness," this collection overturns old paradigms about identity, victimization, and dominant and alternative forms of masculinity to advance new dialogues between masculinity studies and feminist theory. Looking particularly at literature, film, and classroom practices, Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory links the analysis of masculinities with feminism's ethical and political agenda for the future. Its authors share a conviction that such a link not only reveals the persistence, now more subtle and varied, of male entitlement but also promises to create an enriched and reinvigorated feminism for a new century. Why is there so much talk of a "crisis" of masculinity? How have ideas of manhood been transformed by feminism? Does feminism hold the key to the development of more egalitarian forms of masculinity? Masculinity Studies and Feminist ...

New York Columbia University Press 2002 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p.