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Men's Lives

Men's Lives more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

"This best-selling reader on men and masculinity, edited by two of the most prominent researchers on men, contains the most current articles on masculinity available." Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader takes the position that men (as well as women) are "gendered" and that this gendering process is a central experience ...

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The Gendered Society Reader

The Gendered Society Reader more books like this

by Michael Kimmel (Editor), Amy Aronson, Ph.D.

The battle between the sexes has raged on for centuries, but are men and women really from different planets? In The Gendered Society Reader, Third Edition, coeditors Michael S. Kimmel and Amy Aronson pull together an array of dynamic voices--both male and female, classic and contemporary--to examine various interpretations of gender. These lively ...

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The Gendered Society

The Gendered Society more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel

Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael S. Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 ...

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Advanced C# Programming

Advanced C# Programming more books like this

by Paul Kimmel, Lyssa Wald (Illustrator), Michael Mueller (Illustrator)

This guide provides best practices and real-world performance tips, all reviewed by Microsoft. The book lets readers find a specific solution that can be cut and pasted into a business application, and it showcases code from Microsoft's portal www.ibuyspy.com, real-world applications written in C#.

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The Gendered Society

The Gendered Society more books like this

by Mark P O Morford, Michael S Kimmel

Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Part I examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part II provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part ...

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Manhood in America: A Cultural History

Manhood in America: A Cultural History more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

Kimmel demonstrates that manliness was originally an internal value, but by the 1890's, it had changed to masculinity, something that had to be constantly proven. Long after the temporary fancies of men's movements have passed, this definitive history will provoke, entertain and inform men and women alike. Photos.

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Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society

Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel (Editor), Rebecca Plante (Editor)

Featuring a variety of readings, this interdisciplinary anthology addresses such key questions as: How are sexualities socially constructed? Why are sexualities more than just natural "urges" or "drives"? and How are sexualities personal, social, and political? Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society focuses on gender, using multiple ...

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Men Confront Pornography more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

In a collection of 40 essays, men candidly examine the role of pornography in their own lives--seldom heard voices in the explosive controversy over the impact of pornography versus the constraints of censorship.

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Privilege: A Reader

Privilege: A Reader more books like this

by Michael Kimmel (Editor), Abby L Ferber (Editor)

"In this new and timely anthology on the experience of privilege in America--as it relates to holding the identity of the dominant gender, class, race, and sexual preference--sociologists Michael Kimmel"

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Manhood in America

Manhood in America more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

Kimmel demonstrates that manliness was originally an internal value, but by the 1890's, it had changed to masculinity, something that had to be constantly proven. Long after the temporary fancies of men's movements have passed, this definitive history will provoke, entertain and inform men and women alike. Photos.

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The Gendered Society: Readings

The Gendered Society: Readings more books like this

by Michael Kimmel (Editor), Aronson (Editor)

The Gendered Society provides readers with a sense of the different discourses on gender. The readings cover a number of disciplines including the biological sciences, anthropology, cross-culture studies, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and gender studies. Kimmel focuses on the two major issues in the study of gender -- difference and ...

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Sociology Now more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel, Amy Aronson, Ph.D.

"Sociology Now" reflects the discipline today and emphasizes the big questions about multiculturalism and globalization that sociologists ask. Sociology has always offered a way to make sense of the complex and sometimes contradictory forces that shape our social lives in any era. As "Sociology Now" explains sociology as both a body of knowledge ...

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Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990: A Documentary History more books like this

by Michael Kimmel (Editor), Thomas Mosmiller (Editor)

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For Reading Out Loud more books like this

by Margaret Kimmel, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Betsy Cromer Byars (Foreword by)

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Gay Macho more books like this

by Martin P Levine, Michael Kimmel (Editor)

Before gay liberation, gay men were usually perceived as failed men--"inverts," men trapped in women's bodies. The 1970s saw a radical shift in gay male culture, as a male homosexuality emerged that embraced a more traditional masculine ethos. The gay clone, a muscle-bound, sexually free, hard-living Marlboro man, appeared in the gay enclaves of ...

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Billy Lazroe and the King of the Sea: A Tale of the Northwest more books like this

by Eric A Kimmel, Michael Steirnagle (Illustrator)

Billy Lazroe loves living the life of a sailor and has survived many perils including hunger and sweltering heat. But even a sailor must die, and when Billy meets Davy Jones, the King of the Sea, he knows his time will soon be up. Nonetheless, Billy tries to stall his ultimate destination. Will Davy Jones be able to lure Billy down to the bottom ...

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Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel (Editor)

Changing Men assembles some of the most innovative and exciting research on men and masculinity. As such, it contributes to the demarcation of a new field called men's studies, as well as to the examination of masculinity within traditional academic disciplines. The contributors deal with such broad topical and methodological issues as ...

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Love Letters Between a Certain Late Nobleman and the Famous Mr. Wilson more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel (Editor)

Here are 20 love letters and the appended commentaries--provided by some of today's most respected experts in the field of social science and early 18th-century life and letters--chronicling the course of a fictional homosexual relationship between an older lord and his young lover. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in gender, sexuality, ...

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The Politics of Manhood: Profeminist Men Respond to the Mythopoetic Men's Movement (And Mythopoetic Leaders Answer) more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

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Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory: New Directions more books like this

by Judith Kegan Gardiner, Michael Kimmel (Foreword by)

This collection overturns old paradigms about identity, victimization, and dominant and alternative forms of masculinity to advance new dialogues between masculinity studies and feminist theory. How are male power and privilege constituted and represented? What are the effects of men's masculinity on women and men? How can more egalitarian forms ...

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The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities more books like this

by Michael Kimmel

In this collection, one of the world's leading scholars in the field of masculinity studies explores the historical construction of American and British masculinities. Tracing the emergence of American and British masculinities, the forms they have taken, and their development over time, Michael S. Kimmel analyzes the various ways that the ...

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Women in College: Shaping New Feminine Identities more books like this

by Mirra Komarovsky

In Women In College, Mirra Komarovsky followed her groundbreaking works on gender roles to focus on the essentialist debate. Komarovsky interviewed post-WWII generation female students about their feelings about gender inequality and domesticity. She makes a strong case for the role of society over biology in shaping gender roles.

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Social and Political Theory: Classical Readings more books like this

by Michael Kimmel, Charles Stephen

Short biographies on each theorist provide social and biographical contexts for the work. The book is divided into three sections: The Rise of Society, the Market, and the State; The Critique of Capitalist Production, Industrial Society, and the Democratic State; and The Critique of Consumption, Rationality, and Imperialism. Theorists represented ...

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Classical Sociological Theory more books like this

by Michael S Kimmel (Editor)

In an accessible and thoughtful manner, this anthology--an update of Social and Political Theory: Classical Readings (1998)--introduces students to the key classic texts in social thought. In the second edition, Michael Kimmel focuses more specifically on the discipline of sociology, rather than melding classical sociological and political ...

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Dilemmas of Masculinity: A Study of College Youth more books like this

by Mirra Komarovsky

First Published in 1976, Dilemmas of Masculinity takes a rare look at the immediate impact on masculinity of the women's movement. The book is informed by research carried out during 1969-1970, when Mirra Komarovsky was teaching Sociology at Barnard College. It offers a unique insight into the early impact of the women's movement on college-aged ...

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