| Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Caribbean Contributor(s): Barriteau, V. Eudine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9766401365 ISBN-13: 9789766401368 Publisher: University of the West Indies Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2003 Annotation: Over the years, multidisciplinary research stimuli provided by the Centres for Gender and Development have increasingly explored the nature of masculinity as a gender construct and its manifestation in the Caribbean region. Most of the authors in this volume expose a social constructivist to the international discourse in masculinity studies. Special attention is paid to the interaction of power and sexuality in the construction of masculine identities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 201.4 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" (1.28 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This valuable contribution to the exploration of masculinity as a gender construct and its manifestation in the Caribbean provides a fundamental resource that pays special attention to the interaction of power and sexuality in the creation of masculine identities in the region. Vital reading for policy makers and teachers and students of gender studies. |