The Men and the BoysIn 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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... In the United States two 'men's movements' gained large, if temporary, followings in the 1990s, one based on newage therapy, the other onrightwing evangelism. Both raised questions about men's identity and offered remedies for troubles ...
... In the United States two 'men's movements' gained large, if temporary, followings in the 1990s, one based on newage therapy, the other onrightwing evangelism. Both raised questions about men's identity and offered remedies for troubles ...
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Raewyn Connell. and books exploring new patterns of masculinity and family life. In 1998 the South African feminist journal Agenda published an issue on new directions for men in the democratic transition after apartheid. In 1997 UNESCO ...
Raewyn Connell. and books exploring new patterns of masculinity and family life. In 1998 the South African feminist journal Agenda published an issue on new directions for men in the democratic transition after apartheid. In 1997 UNESCO ...
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Raewyn Connell. think the key point they have realized is the importance of men's emotional lives—which strikes many in this audience as a revelation, precisely because conventional middleclass western masculinity tends to suppress ...
Raewyn Connell. think the key point they have realized is the importance of men's emotional lives—which strikes many in this audience as a revelation, precisely because conventional middleclass western masculinity tends to suppress ...
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Raewyn Connell. THE. NEW. SOCIAL. RESEARCH. ON. MASCULINITY. To build a more civilized, more survivable, more just world is not a matter of wishful thinking. It is a difficult task, in which all the resources we cangather willbe necessary ...
Raewyn Connell. THE. NEW. SOCIAL. RESEARCH. ON. MASCULINITY. To build a more civilized, more survivable, more just world is not a matter of wishful thinking. It is a difficult task, in which all the resources we cangather willbe necessary ...
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Raewyn Connell. 1957). In the 1970s the 'sex role' idea was radicalized by feminism. The idea of genderasconformity became an object of dismay rather than celebration. Feminist analysis of how women's sex role oppressed women soon led ...
Raewyn Connell. 1957). In the 1970s the 'sex role' idea was radicalized by feminism. The idea of genderasconformity became an object of dismay rather than celebration. Feminist analysis of how women's sex role oppressed women soon led ...
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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