Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-12279-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardiner, Judith Kegan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Michael KimmelIntroduction, by Judith Kegan Gardiner1. Unmaking: Men and Masculinity in Feminist Theory, by Robyn Wiegman2. Reenfleshing the Bright Boys; or How Male Bodies Matter to Feminist Theory, by Calvin Thomas3. Theorizing Age and Gender: Bly's Boys, Feminism, and Maturity Masculinity, by Judith Kegan Gardiner4. Getting Up There with Tom: The Politics of American "Nice'', by Fred Pfeil5. Pedagogy of the Opaque: Teaching Masculinity Studies, by Sally Robinson6. Studying Masculinities As Superordinate Studies, by Harry Brod7. Masculinity Studies: The Longed for Profeminist Movement for Academic Men?, by Judith Newton8. Long and Winding Road: An Outsider's View of U.S. Masculinity and Feminism, by R. W. Connell9. Masculinity and the (M)Other: Toward a Synthesis of Feminist Mothering Theory and Psychoanalytic Theories of Narcissism, by Isaac D. Balbus10. The Enemy Outside: Thoughts on the Psychodynamics of Extreme Violence with Special Attention to Men and Masculinity, by Nancy J. Chodorow11. Art, Spirituality, and the Ethic of Care: Alternative Masculinities in Chinese American Literature, by King-Kok Cheung12. Black Male Trouble: The Challenges of Rethinking Masculine Differences, by Michael Awkward13. Race, Rape, Castration: Feminist Theories of Sexual Violence and Masculine Strategies of Black Protest, by Marlon B. Ross14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Men, Women, and Masculinity, by Judith Halberstam

Über Autor(innen)

Judith Kegan Gardiner is professor of English and gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. An editor of the journal Feminist Studies, she is the author of Rhys, Stead, Lessing, and the Politics of Empathy and editor of Provoking Agents: Gender and Agency in Theory and Practice.