Re-Thinking Men: Heroes, Villains and Victims

ISBN-13: 9781032473680 / Miękka / 2024 / 426 str.

Canada) Synnott Anthony (Concordia University

Opis

Revised and updated, this book reverses the tendency in gender studies to portray men as villains and women as victims in a bi-polar paradigm, presenting data and studies from the US, Canada and the UK in the development of a comparative and revised perspective on gender.

Recenzje

Praise for the first edition:

Prize: A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2010

'Observing that the definitions and cultural depictions of men have become increasingly negative over the past 50 years, Synnott challenges the misandrist and unbalanced view of men so prevalent in popular culture and literature, gives voice to the large numbers of powerless men, and offers a more balanced perspective on gender and power relations…The result is a comprehensive, engaging, and important contribution of immense value to any student or scholar interested in the past, present, and future of masculinity and men's studies…Essential.'

- Choice

‘Overall, Synnott presents a much needed addition to the literature and scholarship on men and masculinity that offers those interested in Gender Studies a fresh, balanced, humanist perspective … Re-Thinking Men is a book that must be given consideration by anyone aiming to achieve gender equality and justice.’

– Danielle M. Soulliere, Canadian Journal of Sociology

Spis treści

List of Tables

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction   

Men and Masculinities          

Men and Women: Models and Muddles       

Heroes

Villains: Misandry and the new Sexism        

Victims: The Wars Against Men       

Power 

Theorizing Men         

Bibliography  

Index  

O autorze

Anthony Synnott is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of The Body Social: Symbolism, Self and Society and the co-author of Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell.