Politics of Masculinities: Men in MovementsRowman & Littlefield, 1997 M03 20 - 137 pages Michael A. Messner provides a sociological framework to understand the responses of men to the changes, challenges, and crises in the social organization of gender. By examining not only what certain groups of men say about gender, but what they do, Messner helps to illuminate the various social movements engaged with the politics of masculinity. This book is an ideal introduction to the discussion of gender roles and masculinity. |
Contents
Men and Masculinities | 1 |
Institutionalized Privilege | 3 |
The Costs of Masculinity | 5 |
Differences and Inequalities Among Men | 6 |
Mens Responses to Historical Crises in the Gender Order | 8 |
Mapping the Terrain | 11 |
Organization of the Book | 14 |
Essentialist Retreats | 16 |
Socialist Feminist Men | 55 |
Racial and Sexual Identity Politics | 63 |
Racialized Masculinity Politics | 64 |
Contradictions of Racialized Masculinity Politics | 70 |
Gay Male Liberation | 80 |
Backlash or Social Justice? | 89 |
Contemporary Terrains of Gender Politics | 90 |
Placing Multiracial Feminism at the Center of Political Discourse | 103 |
The Mythopoetic Mens Movement | 17 |
Promise Keepers | 24 |
The Limits of The Male Sex Role | 36 |
The Mens Rights Movement | 41 |
Profeminist Engagements | 49 |
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