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Men's Lives, 6/E
Michael Kimmel, State University of New York-Stony Brook
Michael A. Messner, University of Southern California

ISBN-10: 0205379028
ISBN-13: 9780205379026

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 608 pp
Published: 08/04/2003

This item has been replaced by Men's Lives, 8/E.

Edited by two of the field's most prominent researchers, this best-selling reader on men and masculinity contains the most current articles available.

Explores how working class men, men of color, gay men, older men, younger men, and boys construct different versions of masculinity, providing students with well-rounded information.

Helps students understand the social roles of both men and women and the different forms that gender inequality can take.

Focuses on gender relations, especially how men and women relate to each other.

Features recent research by feminist scholars and pro-feminist men to enrich the reader's perspective.

Eighteen of 54 readings are new to this edition.

New topics include: making a name for yourself growing up as a “bad boy;” college men and drinking; contemporary conceptions of “macho;” male workers in a feminized occupation (clerical workers); “girl-watching” in the workplace; sex tourism; masculinities and globalization.

* denotes selections new to this edition.

Preface.

Introduction.

I. PERSPECTIVES ON MASCULINITIES.

Authors' Introduction.

1. Varieties of “Real Men,” Messerschmidt.*

2. The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes, Marable.

3. “Macho”: Contemporary Conceptions, Mirande.*

4. All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History, Espiritu.

5. Lives at the Center of the Periphery, Lives at the Periphery of the Center, Chen.*

6. In Secure Times: Constructing White Working-Class Masculinities in the late 20th Century, Fine, Weis, Addelston, Marusza.*

7. Gender, Class, and Terrorism, Kimmel.*

II. BOYHOOD.

Authors' Introduction.

8. Barbie Girls versus Sea Monsters, Messner.*

9. Warrior Narratives in the Kindergarten Classroom: Renegotiating the Social Contract, Jordan and Cowan.

10. Memories of Same-Sex Attractions, Savin-Williams.

11. The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son, Espada.

12. Girls Will Be Girls and Boys Will Be First, Mahony.

13. Bad Boys—Making a Name for Yourself: Transgressive Acts and Gender Performance, Ferguson.*

III. COLLEGIATE MASCULINITIES: PRIVILEGE AND PERIL.

Authors' Introduction.

14. The Fraternal Bond as a Joking Relationship: A Case Study of the Role of Sexist Jokes in Male Group Bonding, Lyman.

15. Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternitites More Dangerous Places for Women?, Boswell and Spade.

16. Why College Men Drink: Alcohol, Adventure, and the Paradox of Masculinity, Capraro.*

17. Fraternal Bonding in the Locker Room: A Profeminist Analysis of Talk About Competition and Women, Curry.

18. The Antirape Rules, Schultz.*

IV. MEN AND WORK.

Authors' Introduction

19. The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions, Williams.

20. Rambo Litigators: Emotional Labor in a Male-Dominated Occupation, Pierce.

21. Hitting Bottom: Homelessness, Poverty, and Masculinity, Nonn.

22. Being the “Go-To Guy”: Fatherhood, Masculinity, and the Organization of Work in Silicon Valley, Cooper.*

23. “Why Marcia You've Changed!” Male Clerical Temporary Workers Doing Masculinity in a Feminized Occupation, Henson and Krasas Rogers.*

24. Sexual Harassment and Masculinity: The Power and Meaning of “Girl-Watching,” Quinn.*

V. MEN AND HEALTH: BODY AND MIND.

Authors' Introduction.

25. Masculinities and Men's Health: Moving Toward Post-Superman Era Prevention, Sabo.

26. Confessions of a Nice Negro, or Why I Shaved My Head, Kelley.

27. How to Build a Man, Fausto-Sterling.

28. If Men Could Menstruate, Steinem.

29. Coming to Terms: Masculinity and Physical Disability, Gerschick and Miller.

30. Trips to Fantasy Island: Contexts of Risky Sex for San Francisco Gay Men, Diaz.

VI. MEN IN RELATIONSHIPS.

Authors' Introduction.

31. The Approach-Avoidance Dance: Men, Women, and Intimacy, Rubin.

32. “I'm not Friends the Way She's Friends”: Ideological and Behavioral Constructions of Masculinity in Men's Friendships, Walker.

33. The Politics of Gay Men's Friendships, Nardi.

34. Men on Rape, Beneke.

35. Rape and the Prison Code, Kupers.*

VII. MALE SEXUALITIES.

Authors' Introduction.

36. Becoming a 100 Percent Straight, Messner.

37. The Heterosexual Questionnaire, Rochlin.

38. Stereotypes of Black Male Sexuality: The Facts Behind the Myths, Staples.

39. Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior, Almaguer.

40. Sociolocultural Facets of the Black Gay Male Experience, Cochran and Mays.

41. Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Demand for Sex Tourism, O'Connell Davidson and Sanchez Taylor.*

VIII. MEN IN FAMILIES.

Authors' Introduction.

42. Halving It All: Strategies Men Use to Resist, Deutch.*

43. Life-Styles of Gay Husbands and Fathers, Miller.

44. A Place Called Home: A Queer Political Economy: Mexican Immigrant Men's Family Experiences, Cantú.*

45. On “Good” Black Fathers, Hanchard.

IX. MASCULINITIES IN THE MEDIA.

Authors' Introduction.

46. The Morality/Manhood Paradox, Dworkin and Wachs.*

47. In an Imperfect World, Men with Small Penises are Unforgiven, Lehman.

48. Beer Commercials—A Manual on Masculinity, Strate.

49. Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn, Fung.

X. MEN, MOVEMENTS, AND THE FUTURE.

Authors' Introduction.

50. Men: Comrades in Struggle, Bell Hooks.

51. Statement of Principles, The National Organization for Men Against Sexism.

52. Clarence, William, Iron Mike, Tailhook, Senator Packwood, Spur Posse, Magic…and Us, Kimmel.

53. It's Raining Men: Notes on the Million Man March, Reid-Farr.*

54. Masculinities and Globalization, Connell.*

Contributors.

Men's Studies (Anthropology)
Sociology of Women (Sociology)
Sociology of Gender (Sociology)

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Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader takes a life-course perspective, using the idea that men (as well as women) are “gendered” and that this gendering process is a central experience for men.

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Edited by two of the field's most prominent researchers, this best-selling reader on men and masculinity contains the most current articles available.

Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader takes a life-course perspective, using the idea that men (as well as women) are “gendered” and that this gendering process is a central experience for men. The authors explore how working class men, men of color, gay men, older men, younger men, and boys construct different versions of masculinity.

The sixth edition includes 18 new readings, on topics that include making a name for yourself growing up as a “bad boy”; college men and drinking; contemporary conceptions of “macho”; male workers in a feminized occupation (clerical workers); “girl-watching” in the workplace; sex tourism; masculinities and globalization.

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