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Manhood Impossible - Scott Melzer

Manhood Impossible

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

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
292 Seiten
2018
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-8489-8 (ISBN)
CHF 51,30 inkl. MwSt
Argues that boys' and men's bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Scott Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men's struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man.
In Manhood Impossible, Scott Melzer 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. The strategies men use to manage unmet expectations often prove toxic, not only for men themselves, but also for other men, women, and society. Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men’s struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man.  

SCOTT MELZER is a professor of sociology and chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Albion College in Michigan. He is the author of Gun Crusaders: The NRA's Culture War.

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

 

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New Brunswick NJ
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 397 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 0-8135-8489-2 / 0813584892
ISBN-13 978-0-8135-8489-8 / 9780813584898
Zustand Neuware
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