Masculinity in Crisis: Myths, Fantasies and Realities

This book argues that masculine identity is in deep crisis in Western culture - the old forms are disintegrating, while men struggle to establish new relations with women and with each other.This book offers a fresh look at gender, particularly masculinity, by using material from the author's work as a psychotherapist. The book also considers the contributions made by feminism, sociology and anthropology to the study of gender, and suggests that it must be studied from an interdisciplinary standpoint.Masculinity is seen to have economic, political and psychological roots, but the concrete development of gender must be traced in the relations of the male infant with his parents. Here the young boy has to separate from his mother, and his own proto-feminine identity, and identify with his father - but in Western culture fathering is often deficient.Male identity is shown to be fractured, fragile and truncated. Men are trained to be rational and violent, and to shut out whole areas of existence and feeling. Many stereotypes imprison men - particularly machismo, which is shown to be deeply masochistic and self-destructive.

Jo Campling

Roger Horrocks

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This book argues that masculine identity is in deep crisis in Western culture - the old forms are disintegrating, while men struggle to establish new relations with women and with each other. This book offers a fresh look at gender, particularly masculinity, by using material from the author's work as a psychotherapist. The book also considers the contrubtions made by feminism, sociology and anthropology to the study of gender, and suggests that it must be studied from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Masculity is seen to have economic, political and psychological roots, but the concrete development of gender must be traced in the relations of the male infant with his parents. Here the young boy has to separate from his mother, and his own proto-feminine identity, and identify with his father - but in Western culture fathering is often deficient. Male identity is shown to be fractured, fragile and truncated. Men are trained to be rational and violent, and to shut out whole areas of existence and feeling. Many stereotypes imprison men - particularly machismo, which is shown to be deeply masochistic and self-destructive.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture

A thought-provoking study of some of the important pop myths about masculinity including the horror film, the western, rock music, and pornography. The author makes use of a range of theoretical frameworks derived from feminism, anthropology, psychology, Marxism, and sociology, arguing that popular culture does not simply express male hegemony, but also reveals many images of male defeat, damage, and confusion. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Examines some of the ways in which sexuality has been described and interpreted in Western culture, referring to sources ranging from Freud to films. Early chapters look at the Christian view of sex as sinful, the psychoanalytical model, the social construction model, and the possible connections between sexuality and spirituality. Later chapters describe the feminist approach, gay studies, and male sexuality. For students. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

An Introduction to the Study of Sexuality

This book studies some important myths of masculinity in various popular genres, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The author argues that popular culture gives us highly complex and ambivalent images of men. The hero turns into the anti-hero; feminine and homoerotic material leak in; the male is often shown as the victim. Attention is also paid to important theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, such as identification and the relation between subject and text.

Culture in a Small Country: The Arts in New Zealand

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Atuanui Press

A Book of Seeing

Sociology

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Masculinity in Crisis: Myths, Fantasies and Realities

Masculinity in Crisis: Myths, Fantasies and Realities

Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture

An Introduction to the Study of Sexuality

Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture

Culture in a Small Country: The Arts in New Zealand

A Book of Seeing