Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture

Nathanson, Paul und Katherine K. Young:

ISBN 10: 0773530991 / ISBN 13: 9780773530997

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

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392 S. Zustand gut. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Schnitt leicht vergilbt. Seiten sauber. 415 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 470 Taschenbuch, Maße: 15.24 cm x 4.32 cm x 22.86 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773530991
• ISBN 13: 9780773530997
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 470 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young argue that since the 1990s men have been portrayed in popular culture as evil, inadequate, or honorary women, from Designing Women, Home Improvement, Oprah, and Cape Fear to Hallmark cards, comic strips, and the New York Times columns of Anna Quindlen. The first of a three-part series, Spreading Misandry offers an impressive critique of popular culture to identify a phenomenon that is just now being recognized as a serious cultural problem - misandry, the sexist counterpart of misogyny.

Nathanson and Young urge us to rethink prevalent assumptions about men that result in profoundly disturbing stereotypes that foster contempt. Spreading Misandry breaks new ground by discussing misandry in moral terms rather than purely psychological or sociological ones and by criticizing not only ideological feminism but other ideologies on both the left and the right.

About the Authors

Paul Nathanson is a researcher in religious studies at McGill University.

Katherine K. Young is James McGill Professor of religious studies at McGill University.