Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body

by Peter Lehman

Book Overview

Our patriarchal culture keeps the male body - and especially male genitals - out of sight. This scheme, Peter Lehman argues, maintains the "male mystique" and preserves the power of the phallus. Society's intentional blindness to male sexual representation cultivates "good taste" and avoids perversion. Lehman draws back the curtain. Running Scared brings representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight at last, documenting the pervasive anxiety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566392225
• ISBN13: 9781566392228
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"