| Xy: On Masculine Identity Revised Edition Contributor(s): Badinter, Elisabeth (Author), Davis, Lydia (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231084358 ISBN-13: 9780231084352 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine." This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Feminist |
| Dewey: 155.332 |
| Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.74" W x 8.89" (0.79 lbs) 274 pages |