The Masculinity Studies Reader (Hardcover)

David Savran

ISBN 10: 0631226591 / ISBN 13: 9780631226598

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2002

About this Item

Hardcover. The Masculinity Studies Reader brings together widely-read and -cited work by key theorists in a new context that is intended simultaneously to establish the contours of and to raise questions about masculinity as a field of academic inquiry. Showcasing key theorists, including Kimmel, Silverman, Dyer and Boyarin, this reader seeks to re-conceptualize the masculinity studies debate along the axes of empire, borders, representations, the social sciences, and eroticism and across such diverse fields as film, anthropology, and sociology. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Masculinity Studies Reader (Hardcover)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631226591
• ISBN 13: 9780631226598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Masculinity Studies Reader brings together widely-read and -cited work by key theorists in a new context that is intended simultaneously to establish the contours of and to raise questions about masculinity as a field of academic inquiry.

About the Author

Rachel Adams is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her writing includes the book Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Imagination (2001) and articles in American Literature, Camera Obscura, GLQ, and Michigan Quarterly.

David Savran is Professor of Theatre at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has written two books on masculinity: Taking It Like a Man: White Masculinity, Masochism, and Contemporary American Culture (1998) and Communists, Cowboys, and Queers: The Politics of Masculinity in the Work of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams (1992).