Men's lives / [compiled by] Michael S. Kimmel, Michael A. Messner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kimmel, Michael S.

Messner, Michael A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--United States--Attitudes.

Men.

United States.

Masculinity--United States.

Masculinity.

Men--Sexual behavior--United States.

Men--Sexual behavior.

USA--Soziologie--Mann.

Local Subjects:

USA--Soziologie--Mann.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 644 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, [2007]

Contents:

Part one : Perspectives on masculinities

Varieties of "real men" / James Messerschmidt

All men are not created equal : Asian men in U.S. history / Yen Le Espiritu

Masculinity and gender roles among Puerto Rican men : machismo on the U.S. mainland / José B. Torres

The measure of a man : conceptualizations of masculinity among high-achieving African American male college students / Shaun R. Harper

(In) secure times : constructing white working-class masculinities in the late 20th century / Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Judi Addelston, and Julia Marusza Hall

Gender, class and terrorism / Michael S. Kimmel

Teaching about being an oppressor : some personal and political considerations / Steven P. Schacht

Part two : Boyhood

Warrior narratives in the kindergarten classroom : renegotiating the social contract? / Ellen Jordan and Angela Cowan

Memories of same-sex attractions / Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Making a name for yourself : transgressive acts and gender performance / Ann Ferguson

"Dude, you're a fag" : adolescent masculinity and the fag discourse / C.J. Pascoe

Sissy boy, progressive parents / Daniel Farr

The act-like-a-man box / Paul Kivel

Part three : Collegiate masculinities : privilege and peril

The fraternal bond as a joking relationship : a case study of the role of sexist jokes in male group bonding / Peter Lyman

Fraternities and collegiate rape culture : why are some fraternities more dangerous places for women? / A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade

Ritualized homosexuality in a Nacirema subculture / Michael S. Kimmel

Why college men drink : alcohol, adventure, and the paradox of masculinity / Rocco L. Capraro

Hard corps : how to end sexual assault at military academies / Kirby D. Schroeder

The antirape rules / Jason Schultz

Orthodox and inclusive masculinity : competing masculinities among heterosexual men in a feminized terrain / Eric Anderson

Part four : Men and work

Rambo litigators : emotional labor in a male-dominated occupation / Jennifer Pierce

The glass escalator : hidden advantages for men in the "female" professions / Christine L. Williams

"Why Marcia you've changed!" : Male clerical temporary workers doing masculinity in a feminized occupation / Kevin D. Henson and Jackie Krasas Rogers

Sexual harassment and masculinity : the power and meaning of "girl watching" / Beth A. Quinn

Part five : Men and health

Masculinities and men's health : moving toward post-superman era prevention / Don Sabo

If men could menstruate / Gloria Steinem

Coming to terms : masculinity and physical disability / Thomas Gerschick and Adam Stephen Miller

Part six : Men in relationships

The approach-avoidance dance : men, women and intimacy / Lillian B. Rubin

"I'm not friends the way she's friends" : ideological and behavioral constructions of masculinity in men's friendships / Karen Walker

The politics of gay men's friendships / Peter M. Nardi

Men on rape / Tim Beneke

Rape and the prison code / Terry A. Kupers

Confessions of a recovering misogynist / Kevin Powell

Part seven : Male sexualities

Becoming 100 percent straight / Michael A. Messner

The heterosexual questionnaire / M. Rochlin

Fantasy islands : exploring the demand for sex tourism / Julia O'Connell Davidson and Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor

Chicks with dicks, men in dresses : what it means to be a drag queen / Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp

Fixing broken masculinity : Viagra as a technology for the production of gender and sexuality / Meika Loe

Part eight : Men in families

Strategies men use to resist / Francine M. Deutsch

Ethnicity, race, and difference : a comparison of white, black, and Hispanic men's household labor time / Anne Shelton and Daphne John

Cruising to familyland : gay hypergamy and rainbow kinship / Judith Stacey

FAthering Latina sexualities : Mexican men and the virginity of their daughters / Gloria González-López

Fathering : paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas / Scott Coltrane

Part nine : Masculinities in the media

The morality/manhood paradox : masculinity, sport and the media / Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs

The male consumer as loser : beer and liquor ads in mega sports media events / Michael A. Messner and Jeffrey Montez de Oca

When in Rome : heterosexism, homophobia, and sports talk radio / David Nylund

Men are much harder : gendering viewing of nude images / Beth A. Eck

Part ten : Violence and masculinities

Culture, gender, and violence : "We are not women" / James Gilligan

Ways of the badass / Jack Katz

Athlete aggression on the rink and off the ice : athlete violence and aggression in hockey and interpersonal relationships / Nick T. Pappas, Patrick C. McKenry, and Beth Skilken Catlett

Wars, wimps, and women : talking gender and thinking war / Carol Cohn

Part eleven : Men, movements, and the future

Neo-macho man : pop culture and post 9/11 politics / Richard Goldstein

Change among the gatekeepers : men, masculinities, and gender equality in the global arena / R.W. Connell

Men : comrades in struggle / bell hooks

The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality / Commission on the status of women, forty-eighth session, March 1-12, 2004.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Men's lives.

ISBN:

0205485456

9780205485451

OCLC:

63680077