Men and Masculinity: The Basics

Name: Men and Masculinity: The Basics
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138790360
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By Nigel Edley

Series: The Basics

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Men and Masculinity: The Basics by Nigel Edley offers an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity. It outlines key ideas and pressing issues in the field, exploring how masculinity has been understood within the Social Sciences and Humanities. The book addresses themes such as the male body, men and work, fatherhood, male sexuality, and violence. It includes a glossary, case studies, and suggestions for further study, making it an essential foundation for those new to masculinity studies.
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Ideal for students and readers new to gender studies or anyone interested in understanding masculinity from a scholarly perspective.

Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. Providing readers with a framework for understanding these issues, it explores the ways that Masculinity has been understood in the Social Sciences and Humanities to date.

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Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity, outlining the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. It provides readers with a framework for understanding these issues and explores the ways that masculinity has been understood in the Social Sciences and Humanities to date.

Addressing theories which view masculinity as being in a permanent state of flux and crisis, it explores such problem areas as:

The male body
Men and work
Men and fatherhood
Male sexuality
Male violence

With a glossary of key terms, case studies reflecting the most important studies in the field of masculinity research, and suggestions for further study, Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of masculinity for the first time.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138790360

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 4 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 186

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About the Author

Nigel Edley is a senior lecturer in social psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has published extensively in the field of masculinity studies, including Men in Perspective: Practice, Power and Identity (with Margaret Wetherell).