Description |
358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Prologue: My Father's Body -- private parts. In Hiding and On Display. Hard and Soft. Does Size Matter? What Is a Phallus? -- public images. Fifties Hollywood: The Rebel Male Crashes the Wedding. Gay Men's Revenge. Beauty (Re)Discovers the Male Body -- the male animal, reconsidered. Gentleman or Beast? The Double Bind of Masculinity. The Sexual Harasser Is a Bully, not a Sex Fiend. Beautiful Girls, From Both Sides Now. Humbert and Lolita -- Coda: My Father the Feminist |
Summary |
The male nude is everywhere today, from mainstream movies to magazine covers. What do we really see when men take off their clothes, in public and in private? In this surprising, candid cultural analysis, Susan Bordo, author of Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, writes about men and their bodies, both at home and in the media. Beginning with a frank, tender look at her own father's body, and drawing on personal history as well as insights from her analysis of movies, novels, advertisements, news stories, and biology, she perceptively scrutinizes the presentation of maleness in everyday life |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-347) and index |
Subject |
Men.
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Masculinity.
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Men in popular culture.
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Masculinity in popular culture.
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Human body -- Social aspects.
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LC no. |
99025386 |
ISBN |
0374280657 alkaline paper |
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0374527326 paperback |
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