The Men and the BoysJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013 M05 2 - 272 pages In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy. Across the world, health services are noticing the relevance of men’s gender to problems as diverse as road accidents, diet and sexually transmitted disease. Teachers are increasingly preoccupied with the poor educational performance of boys, and criminologists have begun to explore why men and boys continue to dominate the crime statistics. In this timely new volume, one of the world’s leading authorities on masculinity helps us to understand these developments, and make sense of the multiplying issues about men and boys. Five years on from the publication of the seminal study Masculinities, this book reflects on the growing social scientific research in this area. Connell assesses its strengths and weaknesses and explores its implications for contemporary problems from boys’ education and men’s health to international peacemaking. Written in a lively and accessible way, this book will be essential reading for all students of sociology, politics and gender studies, as well as anyone interested in the future of gender relations. |
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... men's bodies Understanding men'sbodies Imperialism and men's bodies Contemporaryglobalization and men'sbodies Implications for gender reform PART 3 BODIES ANDDESIRES 5 An ironman Being achampion Soft path,hardgoal The bodyandtheself ...
... men's bodies Understanding men'sbodies Imperialism and men's bodies Contemporaryglobalization and men'sbodies Implications for gender reform PART 3 BODIES ANDDESIRES 5 An ironman Being achampion Soft path,hardgoal The bodyandtheself ...
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... Men's health Research evidence on men's health Sex differencesin health The healthof specific groups of men How some masculinizing practices damage bodies Attempts tomake men'sbodies healthy The 'cradleto grave' health disadvantage ...
... Men's health Research evidence on men's health Sex differencesin health The healthof specific groups of men How some masculinizing practices damage bodies Attempts tomake men'sbodies healthy The 'cradleto grave' health disadvantage ...
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... Bodies. asarenas. Men's bodies do not determine thepatterns ofmasculinity, as biological essentialismandpop psychology would haveit. Men'sbodies are addressed, defined and disciplined (asin sport: Theberge 1991), and given outletsand ...
... Bodies. asarenas. Men's bodies do not determine thepatterns ofmasculinity, as biological essentialismandpop psychology would haveit. Men'sbodies are addressed, defined and disciplined (asin sport: Theberge 1991), and given outletsand ...
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... men'semployment with women'semployment). It isalso foundin muchofthe ... humanbodies, emphasizing how systems of knowledgefunction aspartof an apparatus ofpower ... bodies hasbeen powerfully effective (Rowe& McKay 1998). Foucault's workon ...
... men'semployment with women'semployment). It isalso foundin muchofthe ... humanbodies, emphasizing how systems of knowledgefunction aspartof an apparatus ofpower ... bodies hasbeen powerfully effective (Rowe& McKay 1998). Foucault's workon ...
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... bodies and social processes. But whatalternative canbefound? WhatPetersen commendsas'arecent shift inourtheoretical understanding of the world' is actuallyavery specificschoolof cultural theorywithwell recognized weaknesses in gender ...
... bodies and social processes. But whatalternative canbefound? WhatPetersen commendsas'arecent shift inourtheoretical understanding of the world' is actuallyavery specificschoolof cultural theorywithwell recognized weaknesses in gender ...
Contents
Masculinities and globalization | |
Globalization and mens bodies | |
Homosexual desire and practice among working | |
Cool guys swots and wimps | |
Mens health Research evidence on mens health | |
The politics of change in masculinity | |
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Acknowledgments and sources | |
Index | |
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