Taking care of men : sexual politics in the public mind

Author/Creator:

McMahon, Anthony, 1946- author

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Taking care of men : sexual politics in the public mind / Anthony McMahon

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction: Changing Men? --
The Interests of Men --
Having a Wife: The Division of Labour and Male Right --
Producing Men: The Labour of Love --
The Revolving Door --
Stalled Rhetoric: The Optimistic Will --
It's on the Agenda: Optimism over Images --
The New Father: The 'Masculine' New Man --
The Blocked Door --
Blocked-Door Theory: Misrecognising Resistance --
The Separated, Defensive Male: Psychologising Sexual Politics --
Conclusion: Waiting for the Man.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Men--United States--Psychology
Men--United States--Attitudes
Man-woman relationships--United States
Men in popular culture--United States
Feminist theory--United States
Men
Gender identity
Feminist theory
Theories
Gender

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Changing Men? -- The Interests of Men -- Having a Wife: The Division of Labour and Male Right -- Producing Men: The Labour of Love -- The Revolving Door -- Stalled Rhetoric: The Optimistic Will -- It's on the Agenda: Optimism over Images -- The New Father: The 'Masculine' New Man -- The Blocked Door -- Blocked-Door Theory: Misrecognising Resistance -- The Separated, Defensive Male: Psychologising Sexual Politics -- Conclusion: Waiting for the Man.

Summary:

The idea of the sensitive, post-feminist 'new man' has received great attention. This book sets out to determine how much of the hype is based on fact, and why such images have proliferated in the media. McMahon focuses on the pivotal issue of men's relationship to the vital daily work of caring for people - both physically and emotionally - revealing much confusion about the extent and the interpretation of change. Using statistical data, as well as interview transcripts and media analysis, McMahon draws insightful distinctions between pleasure and performance, assistance and responsibility, gendered personality and gendered jobs, and - underlying all - between consumption and production. Incorporating social theory, psychology and popular culture, this book argues that recent social conversation about men largely avoids the important political point that men's material interests provide a major motivation for resistance to pro-equity change.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

General Note:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937689421202486

ISBN:

9780511597107