Goodbye Tarzan : men after feminism / Helen Franks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franks, Helen, author.

Series:

Routledge literary editions. Feminist theory ; v. 17.

Routledge library editions: Feminist theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Men.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do men feel about the women's movement? How has it changed them, if at all? To try and answer these questions Helen Franks talked to many men and drew upon research in Britain, the US and Australia. She interviewed men from all social groups - business executives, writers, factory workers, shopkeepers - and all ages, from fifteen to fifty-nine. They included divorced men, husbands, gay men, and some who had 'swapped roles' with the women in their lives.She found some surprising results. All men, whatever their attitude to women, seem to be affected, not to say threatened, by fem

Contents:

GOODBYE TARZANMen After Feminism; Copyright; Goodbye TarzanMen After Feminism; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 He-man or human?; 2 Killing off the lady-killer; 3 Separating the girls from the boys; 4 Breadwinners and losers; 5 She's leaving home; 6 My heart belongs to daddy; 7 No more mother's boy; 8 Sick men; 9 Jobs for the girls?; 10 Men on the move; 11 Cherchez the chauvinist; What do women want?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1984 by George Allen and Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781136194054

1136194053

9780203084809

0203084802

9781283843140

1283843145

9781136194061

1136194061

OCLC:

823738312