Men's Lives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205266495 ISBN 13: 9780205266494

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1997

Synopsis

A reader for courses in men's issues, masculinities, or sociology of men. Organized around themes that define masculinity. New section on Collegiate Masculinities. Includes recent research by feminist scholars and pro-feminism men. New articles specific to ethnicity and race.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Key Benefit: What themes define masculinity? What are the most current research trends in the "male experience?" This book is comprised of 55 of the most recent articles published on the study of men in society. The articles rely on the most up-to-date research and are feminist and multicultural in their perspectives. Key Topics: Divided into sections, the book covers all stages and types of relationships in the lives of men, such as boyhood, college, marriage, fatherhood, and work, as well as relationships with women and other men. Market: Sociologists, behavior therapists.

About the Author:

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY at Stony Brook.  He is the author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (HarperCollins, 2008) which was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America and featured on over one hundred radio and newspaper and blog reviews.  His other books include Changing Men (1987), Men’s Lives(8th edition, 2009) Against the Tide: Profeminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 (1992), The Politics of Manhood (1996), Manhood: A Cultural History (1996, 10th anniversary second edition, 2006), and The Gendered Society (3rd edition, 2008).  He co-edited The Encyclopedia on Men and Masculinities (2004) and Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities (2004).  He is the founder and editor of Men and Masculinities, the field’s premier scholarly journal, a book series on Gender and Sexuality at New York University Press, and edited the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities.  He lectures extensively in corporations and on campuses in the U.S. and abroad.  He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and co-author, Amy Aronson, and their 10 year old son, Zachary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0205266495
• ISBN 13: 9780205266494
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Michael S. Kimmel, Michael A. Messner