Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture

An Intersectional Approach to the Complexities and Challenges of Male Identity
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-81807-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 829 g

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keith, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Patriarchy, Male Privilege, and the Consequences of Living in a Patriarchal Society
Chapter 2: Men and the Nature - Nurture Debate
Chapter 3: Men's Movements and Organizations
Chapter 4: The Boy Crisis
Chapter 5: Fatherhood
Chapter 6: Men and Media I: The Construction of 'Normal'
Chapter 7: Men and Media II: Advertising, Heteronormativity, and the Construction of Male Insecurity
Chapter 8: Music and Masculinity
Chapter 9: Boys, Men, and Sports
Chapter 10: Men, Anger, Violence, and Crime
Chapter 11: Men, Sex, and Pornography
Chapter 12: Men, Health, and Aging
Postscript: The Future of Masculinity

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Keith received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, specializing in American philosophy with an emphasis on issues of race, gender, and class. He has published numerous articles on the intersection of gender, media, and popular culture, appeared on TV and radio programs, and produced two best-selling films for Media Education Foundation: Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture (2008), and The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men (2011). In 2015, Keith released his third film for MEF entitled The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Courage to Change, and continues to speak to audiences around the country on issues of masculinity, gender violence, media, and popular culture.