Unmasking the Masculine: `men' and `identity' in a Sceptical Age

by Alan Petersen

Postmodernism and poststructuralism have undermined the assumptions upon which established identities have been constructed, such as the concept of stable bodies and stable selves. Sex, gender, sexuality and race are no longer viewed as merely descriptive aspects of experience but also as constructions of identity. Drawing on current debates in postmodern feminism, feminist philosophy of science, anti-racist//postcolonial studies and queer theory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761950133
• ISBN13: 9780761950134
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"