Gender studies: men and boys Books

In the early 19th century work "Manly Piety in Its Principles," Scottish minister Robert Philip offers spiritual guidance for cultivating faith and virtue. Writing during a time of societal flux, Philip aims to ground Christian men in disciplined...

From Youth Into Manhood is a book written by Winfield Scott Hall and published in 1909. The book is a guide for young men who are transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. It covers a wide range of topics related to personal development, including...

Critically exploring the ways in which men and masculinities are commonly theorized, this multidisciplinary text opens up a discussion around such relationships, and shows that, as with feminisms, there is a diversity of theoretical traditions. It draws...

Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of men, but have more recently focused on the problems of...

Panoramic and provocative in its scope, this handbook is the definitive guide to contemporary issues associated with male sex work and a must read for those who study masculinities, male sexuality, sexual health, and sexual cultures.This groundbreaking...

HOW WOMEN'S BODIES FUNCTION WITHIN PRODUCTIONS OF IDEAL AND PROGRESSIVE BLACK MASCULINITIES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATUREUsing the slave narratives of Henry Bibb and Frederick Douglass, as well as the work of W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Walter...

Feminist researchers have produced a large body of critical scholarship on methodologies as they pertain to the study of women. However, questions about issues such as power, positionality and ethics in research related to men and masculinities have...

Lee F. Monaghan offers a timely, critical and original take on the obesity debate, bringing male bodies into the frame and questioning the claim from public health that millions of people are unhealthy because they are 'overweight' or 'obese'.

In the beginning on the sixth day God created man and said "bear rule over the animals, birds of the air and fishes of the sea". This book deals with man's GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO HUNT. It was the mastering of this activity that enabled man to first survive...

"This collection was lived as well as written. The poems originate from random thoughts the poet has on a daily basis, his outlook on life and his interpretation of what lies beyond the obvious.These thoughts vary in subject and depth, touching upon...

Book of the Hunt is not about hunting, it's about being a Huntsman. It's about the Wisdom of the Hunt; the Holy Grail of True Manhood, sought, but never found, by the so-called "men's movement" of the early 1990s. This ancient Initiation Tradition has...

First published in 1991, The Achilles Heel Reader brings together key articles from Achilles Heel, the path-breaking and influential magazine of men's sexual politics. It also includes an important introduction by the editor, setting the magazine in its...

Responding to Men in Crisis is based on new research looking at gendered assumptions about rationality and men's mental health. It looks at postmodern theory in relation to masculinities and madness, and discusses key contemporary debates in...

Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores the interface between traditional sociological approaches and the work covered by more post-structural,...

This book gathers the most recent scholarship on the historicization of masculinity by the most original and widely respected thinkers in this relatively new field. By using the analytical tools of Queer Theory, these international, interdisciplinary...

Hard Looks is a fascinating examination of the new masculine imagery that has developed in relation to popular consumption over the last decade. The author skillfully investigates the development of this "new man" imagery and its relationship to...

This book studies some of the important myths of masculinity in popular culture, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The book begins with an assessment of some of the key theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural...

Statistics emphasize that one out of every five men is incarcerated. The background experiences of dysfunctional black men are often explored while few studies focus on the motivating triggers for high achieving black men. ...

Projektarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften allgemein, Note: 1,7, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Projektarbeit wird die aktuelle Situation von Männern im Erzieherberuf in Deutschland dar gelegt...

CHANGING A MAN'S SEXUAL ATTITUDE THROUGH BETTER SEX AND COMMUNICATION The author, a Black Man, is under the impression that men are not sexually listening to their mates. Somehow, he believes that Love, respect, and communication in the bedroom is the...

Linguistic Planets of Belief presents a way for people to notice, examine, and question the role language plays in identifying, recognizing, and understanding those around them. This book introduces the metaphor of 'planets of belief' as a framework for...

Gender-Class Equality in Political Economies offers an in-depth analysis of gender-class equality across six countries to reveal why gender-class equality in paid and unpaid work remains elusive, and what more policy might do to achieve better...

African American males occupy a historically unique social position, whether in school life, on the job, or within the context of dating, marriage and family. Often, their normal role expectations require that they perform feminized and...

This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice. Although the consideration of masculine ontology and epistemology has pervaded cultural and sociological...

Do you experience intense, quick emotions, have a deep, rich inner life, and feel overstimulated at times and need to withdraw to recharge in quiet? You may be a highly sensitive man! In this new book by Dr. Tracy Cooper, the author of Thrive: The Highly...

The Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies provides a contemporary critical and scholarly overview of theorizing and research on masculinities as well as emerging ideas and areas of study that are likely to shape research and...

Most men today are raised with a broken belief system, which they use to make poor choices regarding life and women. We hear it all the time. Men cheat. Men love power. Men love sex. Men are greedy. Men are to be feared. But is this the truth about men?...

Interdisciplinary and engaging, Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema is the first scholarly work to link visual representations of heterosexual masculinities to the neo-liberal transformations in Argentina. Rocha critically examines...

This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of...

Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive technologies, and their experiences as mothers and nurturers of children. Meanwhile, few if any volumes have explored...

A war in being waged in American Society in an effort to strip males of their Manhood! It is being waged by a number of repressive forces, but it is most notably resulting from excessive force being used by Radical Feminists to serve the cause of women's...

Da bin ich nun 59 Jahre Mann und habe irgendwie nicht gemerkt, dass das mit dem Zusammenleben zwischen den Geschlechtern nicht so einfach läuft. Ich habe immer etwas geahnt. Naja, so etwas, wie es jeder kennt und was sich unecht anfühlt:...

Hammering Hot Iron is a rare work that raises important questions, draws vital distinctions, and elevates discourse within the spiritual community on the Men’s Movement, Jungian psychology, archetypal and mythological studies, and polytheistic...