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When Men Were Men: Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity
ISBN: 9780415146340 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story.
With a preface by Sarah Pomeroy, this study employs different methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source materials, periods and places. When Men Were Men questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the history o...
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702,94 |
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Thinking Men : Masculinity and its Self-Representation in the Classical Tradition
ISBN: 9780415146357 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text explores artistic and intellectual expression in the Classical world as the self-representation of man. It starts from the premise that the history of Classical antiquity as the ancients tell it is a history of men. However, the focus of this volume is the creation, re-creation and iteration of that male self as presented in language, poetry, drama, philosophical and scientific thought and art: man constructing himself as subject in classical antiquity and beyond. This illustrated volume provides an insight into the representations of men in Classical culture.
This text explores artistic and intellectual expression in the Classical world as the self-representation of man. It starts from the premise that the ...
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702,94 |
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Manhood and Morality: Sex, Violence and Ritual in Gisu Society
ISBN: 9780415185776 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda and the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves by their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork and on psychological theory the book covers: circumcision
Oedipal feelings witchcraft deviance joking sexuality and... 'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence ...
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678,70 |
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Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan : Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa
ISBN: 9780415244466 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book aims to provide a contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.
This comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan moves beyond the stereotype of the Ja...
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727,18 |
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Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa
ISBN: 9780415271479 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.
This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves bey...
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349,00 |
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Cultures of Masculinity
ISBN: 9780415284806 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores the interface between traditional sociological approaches and the work covered by more post-structural, media-driven or cultural perspectives. Edwards well known for his work on representations of masculinities, uses grounded examples of the job market and domestic violence to set his theoretical discussion. He argues that there is a need for more dialogue on men and masculinities between disciplines, and considers the validity of... Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores t... |
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921,09 |
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Framing Celebrity: New directions in celebrity culture
ISBN: 9780415377102 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American 'quality' television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me... Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives - perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consum... |
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189,02 |
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Men Doing Feminism
ISBN: 9780415916257 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relation between feminism and men is often presumed to be antagonistic, so that men are expected to resist feminism, and feminists are assumed to hate men. That pattern of opposition is disrupted, however, by the continually increasing numbers of men who are participating in feminist theory and practice, trying to integrate feminist perspectives into their scholarship, teaching, work, play, friendships, and romantic involvements. Responses to this male feminism have varied.
The relation between feminism and men is often presumed to be antagonistic, so that men are expected to resist feminism, and feminists are assumed to ...
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799,90 |
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Men Doing Feminism
ISBN: 9780415916264 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relation between feminism and men is often presumed to be antagonistic, so that men are expected to resist feminism, and feminists are assumed to hate men. That pattern of opposition is disrupted, however, by the continually increasing numbers of men who are participating in feminist theory and practice, trying to integrate feminist perspectives into their scholarship, teaching, work, play, friendships, and romantic involvements. Responses to this male feminism have varied.
The relation between feminism and men is often presumed to be antagonistic, so that men are expected to resist feminism, and feminists are assumed to ...
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218,11 |
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...and Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories
ISBN: 9780415916776 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..".And Then I Became Gay is about the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities, and satisfactions of being a sexual outsider in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. Consisting of narratives which chronicle developmental progression from first memories of being attracted to other males to a subsequent integration of their sexual identity with a personal identity, this book is also unique in its cross-section of men from different ethnic backgrounds. Although each story in this volume has a personal meaning to the individual youth disclosing it, aspects of...
..".And Then I Became Gay is about the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities, and satisfactions of being a sexual out...
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232,65 |
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God's Gym: Divine Male Bodies of the Bible
ISBN: 9780415917568 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this strikingly original work, Stephen Moore considers God's male bodies--the body of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible, and the Father of Jesus Christ, and Jesus himself in the New Testament--and our obsessive earthly quest for a perfect human form. God's Gym is about divinity, physical pain, and the visions of male perfectability.
Weaving together his obsession with human anatomy and dissection, an interest in the technologies of torture, the cult of physical culture, and an expert knowledge of biblical criticism, Moore explains the male... In this strikingly original work, Stephen Moore considers God's male bodies--the body of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible, and the Father of Jesus Christ, a...
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702,94 |
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Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture
ISBN: 9780415923248 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study brings together work on masculinity in film by established film scholars, academics, performance artists, and cultural critics. The essays analyze: the role of gay men in saving heterosexuality; the emergence of the new queer cinema; the resurgence of white masculinity; the exploration of masculinity in World War II films; and the relationship between nationhood and the male body in 1990s Canadian cinema.
This study brings together work on masculinity in film by established film scholars, academics, performance artists, and cultural critics. The essays ...
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189,02 |
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Castration : An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood
ISBN: 9780415927857 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work looks at the West's fascination with, and misunderstanding of, castrated males. Gary Taylor takes in the sweep of Western thought on the operation, focusing on three key periods: the Early Church, one of whose Fathers, Origen, supposedly castrated himself; the Early Modern, when castration was actually depicted on stage by Thomas Middleton; and the 20th century, where, Taylor argues, Freud got it wrong.
This work looks at the West's fascination with, and misunderstanding of, castrated males. Gary Taylor takes in the sweep of Western thought on the ope...
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702,94 |
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We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
ISBN: 9780415969260 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse."
In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We Real Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: "this is a culture that does not love black males: " "they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men... "When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on b...
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775,66 |
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We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
ISBN: 9780415969277 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse." In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We Real Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: "this is a culture that does not love black males: " "they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men...
"When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on b...
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184,17 |
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Progressive Black Masculinities?
ISBN: 9780415976862 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males. Yet, what it means to be a black man-in terms of both racial and gender identity-has been subject to continual debate in public and academic spheres alike.
Progressive Black Masculinities brings together leading black cultural critics including Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Anthony Neal, and Patricia Hill Collins to examine an alternatively demonized and mythologized black masculinity. Collectively, they offer a roadmap for new, progressive models of black masculinity that... In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males. Yet, what it means to be a ...
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751,42 |
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Progressive Black Masculinities?
ISBN: 9780415976879 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males. Yet, what it means to be a black man-in terms of both racial and gender identity-has been subject to continual debate in public and academic spheres alike.
Progressive Black Masculinities brings together leading black cultural critics including Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Anthony Neal, and Patricia Hill Collins to examine an alternatively demonized and mythologized black masculinity. Collectively, they offer a roadmap for new, progressive models of black masculinity that... In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males. Yet, what it means to be a ...
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208,40 |
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Angry Men, Passive Men: Understanding the Roots of Men's Anger and How to Move Beyond It
ISBN: 9780449908112 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An exciting and inspiring book for any man who wishes to understand himself better--and for any woman who wishes to understand men."
NATHANIEL BRANDEN, Ph.D. Author of THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ROMANTIC LOVE Nationally known therapist Marvin Allen explores the root causes of men's emotional problems and offers a comprehensive solution to restore their sense of joy and well-being: men working together in therapy groups. Drawing on the life stories of scores of men as well as the author's own personal experience, this landmark book dramatizes the groundbreaking techniques that men can use not... "An exciting and inspiring book for any man who wishes to understand himself better--and for any woman who wishes to understand men."
NATHANIEL BRA... |
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72,22 |
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American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era
ISBN: 9780465001699 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first comprehensive history of American manhood, E. Anthony Rotundo sweeps away the groundless assumptions and myths that inform the current fascination with men's lives. Opposing the views of men's movement leaders and best-selling authors who maintain that manliness is eternal and unchanging, Rotundo stresses that our concept of manhood is man-made and that, like any human invention, it has a history. American Manhood is a fascinating account of how our understanding of what it means to be a man has changed over time.
In the first comprehensive history of American manhood, E. Anthony Rotundo sweeps away the groundless assumptions and myths that inform the current fa...
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127,52 |
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ACT Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama
ISBN: 9780472065721 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How men communicate with each other on stage when no women are present--and what it tells us about power and gender
How men communicate with each other on stage when no women are present--and what it tells us about power and gender
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127,32 |
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