Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Men's Studies

This book interrogates representations of fatherhood across the spectrum of popular U.S. film of the early twenty-first century. It situates them in relation to postfeminist discourse, identifying and discussing dominant paradigms and tropes that emerge from the tendency of popular cinema to configure ideal masculinity in paternal terms. It analyses postfeminist fatherhood across a range of genres including historical epics, war films, westerns, bromantic comedies, male melodramas, action films, family comedies, and others. It also explores recurring themes and intersections such as the...

A lifetime of various employment experiences and recent travels through numerous cities in thirty-six of the forty-eight contiguous states prompted the author to summarize his reflections on the deteriorating condition of the American male, and posit suggestions of why and how they can improve their lot.

Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of men, but have more recently focused on the problems of being a man.

The Conundrum of Masculinity challenges highly advertised beliefs that men are in crisis and struggling to hold onto traditional masculine habits whilst the world around them changes. Indeed, whilst there is a range of valuable contributions to the field that examine how men live out their lives in...

They live under a toxic vow of silence that leaves them isolated and unable to fully connect with themselves and the people in their lives. When this pain is driven underground, the consequences are damaging and often fatal.

The time has come for us to break the vow of male silence.

Through raw, vulnerable storytelling blended with challenging questions and provocative insights into how the vow of male silence manifests in our world, Nige Atkinson exposes the insanity of toxic masculinity and cuts through the theoretical...