Refusing to be a Man | Essays on Social Justice

John Stoltenberg

ISBN 10: 1841420417 / ISBN 13: 9781841420417

Published by Routledge, 1999

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Refusing to be a Man | Essays on Social Justice | John Stoltenberg | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 1999 | Routledge | EAN 9781841420417 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Refusing to be a Man | Essays on Social Justice
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841420417
• ISBN 13: 9781841420417
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 13D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 360 grams
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Synopsis

Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In 13 eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope - that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary mens movements.

About the Author

John Stoltenberg is the radical feminist author of The Endof Manhood: Parables on Sex and Selfhood (rev. edn, Londonand New York: UCL Press, 2000) and What Makes Pornography “Sexy” ? (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions, 1994). He is cofounder of Men Against Pornography