Masculinity, law, and the family / Richard Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, Richard, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Legal status, laws, etc.

Men.

Sex and law.

Critical legal studies.

Fathers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Fathers.

Masculinity.

Men--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An incisive exploration of representations in law of male sexuality, authority, paternity and men's violence in the family. This book is of central importance to our understanding of the social and political dimension of masculinity.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

On law and masculinity

chapter 2 Theorising masculinity and the family

chapter 3 Law, sex and masculinity

chapter 4 Love without fear

Representations of male heterosexuality in law

chapter 5 The good father in law: authority, work and the reconstruction of fatherhoood

Authority, work and the reconstruction of fatherhood

chapter 6 Family men and dangerous masculinities

chapter 7 Changing masculinities, changing law

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-324) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87335-2

0-203-30529-9

1-134-87336-0

1-280-33656-0

0-203-42154-X

9780203421543

OCLC:

437076106