Unmasking Masculinity (Routledge Revivals): A Critical Autobiography

ISBN-13: 9781138808713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 302 str.

David Jackson

Opis

In this detailed investigation of ‘masculine’ gendered identity, first published in 1990, David Jackson uses his own personal history to look at the specific ways in which men become ‘masculine’. Jackson looks closely at the psychological and social forces active in his own development: relations with his father, violence at school, male banter and joking, sporting activities, boys’ comics, and sexual relations. With an innovative theoretical approach, this reissue will be of particular value to those interested in the social, psychological and cultural forces that have gone into the historical shaping of men and masculinities.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Other forms of critical autobiography, 3 Falling apart, men's bodies and masculine identities, 4 Family background, 5 Relations with my father, 6 Sexuality, 7 A critical language autobiography: patriarchal power, social class and language, 8 'One of the boys': male bonding and masculinities, 9 Everyday violence and life in an all-boys' secondary school, 10 Sporting activities and masculinities, 11 Boys' comics: reading the Rover, Hotspur and Wizard, 1948-50, 12 Widening the ripples: the value of critical life-history work for men, Index

O autorze

David Jackson