Constructing Masculinity

Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-91052-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 735 g

This anthology takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and prescriptions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berger, Maurice

Wallis, Brian

Watson, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, What is Masculinity? Masculinity and Representation, How Science Defines Men, How Science Defines Men, Masculinity and the Rule of Law, Male Subjectivity and Responsibility.

Über Autor(innen)

Maurice Berger is Senior Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York. Simon Watson is the founding director of The Contemporary Art Institute of New York, sponsor of the annual SoHo Arts Festival. Brian Wallis is a cultural critic, living in New York. He has written extensively on contemporary art, and is the editor of numerous books, including Art After Modernism (1984), and Rock My Religion: Writing and Art Projects by Dan Graham (1994).