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Drawing together the broad range of theoretical issues posed in the new study of masculinity, contributors from diverse backgrounds address in this volume the different disciplinary roots of theories of masculinity - sociology, psychoanalysis, ethnography, and inequality studies. Subsequent chapters theoretically model many issues central to the study of men - power, ethnicity, feminism, homophobia - or develop theoretical explanations of some of the institutions most closely identified with men including the military and the men's movement.
Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity
Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity
“Funny thing,” [Curley's wife] said. “If I catch any one man, and he's alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an’ you won't talk. Jus' nothin’ but mad.” She dropped her fingers and put her hands on her hips. “You're all scared of each other, that's what. Ever’ one of you's scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.”
We think of manhood as eternal, a timeless essence that resides deep in the heart of every man. We think of manhood as a ...
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