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The concept of hegemonic masculinity, formulated by Raewyn Connell more than three decades ago, has been the driving force behind the expanding field of masculinities studies. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the conceptfrom its original conception to how it has evolved over time.

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Offering a new perspective on male prostitution, In the Company of Men employs qualitative methodology to present a real-world view of the issues, both obvious and obscure, surrounding the world's "second-oldest profession."

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How rationalities and rites of passage associated with manhood in the white American Heartland are constitutive of racist and heteropatriarchal violence

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Every man knows that certain tasks earn you man points. From growing a beard to breaking down a door, getting the cap off a beer without a bottle opener to flying a plane, or from building a shed to firing a gun, Man Points allows you to rate and record your manly accomplishments.

Of course man points can be lost as well as won.

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This collection explores the role of martial masculinities in shaping nineteenth-century British culture and society. -- .

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In this book, James W. Messerschmidt explores how masculinity is created through life histories on very different subjectsgenderqueers, boys who have been bullied at school, and presidentsthat illustrate theory in action. Taken together, Masculinities in the Making is compelling insight into masculinity today.

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In this book, James W. Messerschmidt explores how masculinity is created through life histories on very different subjectsgenderqueers, boys who have been bullied at school, and presidentsthat illustrate theory in action. Taken together, Masculinities in the Making is compelling insight into masculinity today.

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Men in reserve provides the first nationwide study of the reserved occupations, bringing together a wide range of sources including new oral histories, autobiographies, archive, visual and film materials. -- .

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From the Homeboy to the Latin Lover, America cherishes a host of images about Latino men, yet all are based on the belief in macho men, virile and brash, full of violence and testosterone. Featuring works by some of today's best-known as well as emerging Latino writers, this provocative collection of 15 original essays defines the culture of "machismo". Photos.

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There is even less of these types of materials published about men at midlife involved in activities structured in a mythopoetic perspective or about men actively involved in mythopoetic men's work.

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Is it surprising that male suicides outnumber female by a factor of 3 or 4 to 1, or that the predilection of males to be violent - once seen as a source of pride - now seems to threaten our very culture and civilisation

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Charts middle-class America's move towards an ethos of conspicuous consumption and sexual license during the fifties and sixties. This book looks at the interconnected changes that took place for American youth culture and masculinity as consumption and leisure established themselves as the dominant features of middle-class life.

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Charts middle-class America's move towards an ethos of conspicuous consumption and sexual license during the fifties and sixties. This book looks at the interconnected changes that took place for American youth culture and masculinity as consumption and leisure established themselves as the dominant features of middle-class life.

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Using war memoirs, war journalism, and John Paul Walliss own experience as a Marine, PTSD and Folk Therapy analyzes how the everyday folklore shared in male military groups serves as a short-term aid in coping with the stress of living, working, and fighting in the combat zone.

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In this study, Kenneth MacKinnon suggests that ultimately masculinity is no straightforward actuality. Instead, several aspects of masculinity are ideals rather than social realities. These ideals might be best understood as forming a near-impossible version of masculinity to which males in society are encouraged to aspire if they want to be real men'.

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This is a study of change and continuity in the iconographics of art and the representations of artists during the sixteenth century in Western European traditions, especially Italy and the Netherlands. -- .

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States that White males matter very much to discussions of race, ethnicity, and gender in the US due to their numbers and the influence they wield. This book explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking into account such factors as age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupational status, and sexual orientation.

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The author explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking account of age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupation, and sexual preference. This timely work draws on a broad range of sources, including extensive field research and hundreds of interviews.

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Attitudes of nineteenth-century men toward women and heterosexuality are revealed as a web of sexual anxieties, repression, and sublimation that fostered the conviction that manliness could best be achieved through independence from women.

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The Culture and Politics of Populist Masculinities offers analyses of articulations and performances that link populism to masculinity. Drawing on cultural, political, and historical perspectives, the contributors tackle gender-related attitudes, values, and representations in populist cultures and political movements around the globe.

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So your husband/boyfriend/partner (delete as necessary) has just tipped over 35/40/45/50 (delete as necessary) and you can see that he's not quite as keen on Emmerdale as he once was. The time when suddenly you find your partner has put a whole Scalextrix track in your attic without you noticing. Dangerous Men don't just cook - they COOK.

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A practical guide to male health issues, presented in an accessible format, provides coverage of specific conditions and outlines a four- part program for health maintenance that involves diet, exercise, supplements, and behavior modification. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Karl Bednarik states that the majority of men suffer from central disturbance in their masculine life in modern industrial society. He shows that prevailing conditions are introducing radical changes in masculine behavior and that the emasculation of contemporary man is due to the increasing overorganization of modern society.