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Highlights
- Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine.
- About the Author: ELISABETH BADINTER, internationally known feminist philosopher and historian, teaches at the École Polytechnique in Paris.
- 274 Pages
- Psychology, Human Sexuality
- Series Name: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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About the Book
Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability.
Book Synopsis
Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine." This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny.Review Quotes
Examines masculinity from a historical and psychological perspective, lingering on how society's and men's attitudes toward homosexuality have changed over the years.... The subject... is well researched and skillfully presented.-- "New York Times Book Review"
About the Author
ELISABETH BADINTER, internationally known feminist philosopher and historian, teaches at the École Polytechnique in Paris. LYDIA DAVIS is the author of Almost No Memory.Dimensions (Overall): 8.89 Inches (H) x 5.74 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .79 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 274
Series Title: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Human Sexuality
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Elisabeth Badinter
Language: English
Street Date: March 11, 1997
TCIN: 92681110
UPC: 9780231084352
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-0640
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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