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1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; PART 1 EXAMINING MASCULINITIES; 1 Debates about men, new research on masculinities; Issues about men and boys; The new social research on masculinity; Key conclusions of recent research; 2 New directions in theory and research; Current debate: Concepts of gender and approaches to masculinity; The gender relations approach; Conceptualizing masculinities; Agenda for research; PART 2 GLOBALIZATION; 3 Masculinities and globalization; The world gender order; The repositioning of men and the remaking of masculinities; Globalizing masculinities |
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Masculinity politics on a world scale4 Globalization and men's bodies; Understanding men's bodies; Imperialism and men's bodies; Contemporary globalization and men's bodies; Implications for gender reform; PART 3 BODIES AND DESIRES; 5 An iron man; Being a champion; Soft path, hard goal; The body and the self; Wanting to win: The ideology of competitive sport; Reflections; 6 'I threw it like a girl': Some difficulties with male bodies; Looking at jelly: Adam Singer; Burning up the body: Tip Southern; Reflections |
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7 Man to man: Homosexual desire and practice among working-class men (written with M.D. Davis and G.W. Dowsett)The working-class setting; The social framework of male-to-male sex; Sexual practice; Desire and identity; The HIV/AIDS epidemic; Reflections; PART 4 PRACTICALITIES; 8 Cool guys, swots and wimps; Getting into trouble; Knowing where you stand; Over the hump; Dry sciences; Reading feminism; Reflections; 9 Teaching the boys; Schools and gender; Schools as agents in the making of masculinities; Pupils as agents, school as setting; Educational strategies in work with boys |
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The process of change10 Men's health; Research evidence on men's health; Sex differences in health; The health of specific groups of men; How some masculinizing practices damage bodies; Attempts to make men's bodies healthy; The 'cradle to grave' health disadvantage of men; Reflections; PART 5 CHANGING MASCULINITIES; 11 The politics of change in masculinity; The historical moment; Men's interests; Purposes; A men's movement?; 12 Arms and the man: The question of peace; Why war?; The problem of men and violence; Implications of masculinity research; Global patterns |
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Peace strategies and masculinitiesAcknowledgments and sources; References; Index |
| Summary |
In recent years, questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media interest, public concern and controversy. Across the world, health services are noticing the relevance of men's gender to problems as diverse as road accidents, diet and sexually transmitted disease. Teachers are increasingly preoccupied with the poor educational performance of boys, and criminologists have begun to explore why men and boys continue to dominate the crime statistics. In this timely new volume, Bob Connell - one of the world's leading authorities on masculinity - helps us to understand these |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Masculinity.
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Men -- Identity.
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Boys -- Education -- Social aspects
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Masculinity
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Men -- Identity
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Mannen.
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Jongens.
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Mannelijkheid.
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Manlighet.
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Könsidentitet.
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Män -- psykologi.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780745666020 |
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0745666027 |
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9780745626338 |
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0745626335 |
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