Men and Masculinity: The Basics: The Basics

By Nigel Edley

Book Overview

Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. Providing readers with a framework for understanding these issues, it explores the ways that masculinity has been understood in the Social Sciences and Humanities to date. Addressing theories which view masculinity as being in a permanent state of flux and crisis, it explores such problem areas as:

the male body men and work men and fatherhood male sexuality male violence.

With a glossary of key terms, case studies reflecting the most important studies in the field of masculinity research and suggestions for further study, Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of masculinity for the first time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138790370
• ISBN13: 9781138790377
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.9"