Constructing Masculinity (Perspectives on Gender)

ISBN 10: 0415910528 / ISBN 13: 9780415910521

Published by Routledge, 1996

About this Item

This book takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and proscriptions. Editor(s): Berger, Maurice; Wallis, Brian; Watson, Simon. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 725. . 1996. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing Masculinity (Perspectives on Gender)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415910528
• ISBN 13: 9780415910521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This anthology takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and prescriptions.

About the Author

Maurice Berger is Senior Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York. Simon Watson is the founding director of The Contemporary Art Institute of New York, sponsor of the annual SoHo Arts Festival. Brian Wallis is a cultural critic, living in New York. He has written extensively on contemporary art, and is the editor of numerous books, including Art After Modernism (1984), and Rock My Religion: Writing and Art Projects by Dan Graham (1994).