Scott Melzer

Manhood Impossible

Men's Struggles to Control and Transform Their Bodies and Work

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that boys' and men's bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated and controlled is most connected to men's bodies and work. However, no man can live up to these culturally ascendant ideals of manhood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780813584904
• ISBN-10: 0813584906
• Artikelnr.: 51386040

Autorenporträt

Melzer, Scott

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: The Manhood Dilemma
Part I The Body Dilemma
1          Ritual Violence in a Two-Car Garage
2          Fighting Back
3          Seeking Growth: The Penis Health Club
4          Compensating for Body Failures
Part II The Breadwinner Dilemma
5          Non-Breadwinners: Unemployed Men and Stay-at-home Dads
6          Unemployment Blues and Backlash
7          Redefining Manhood: Stay-at-home Dads as Real Men
Part III The Future of the Manhood Dilemma
Conclusion: Making Manhood Possible
Appendix: Studying Men and Manhood
Acknowledgments