Constructing Masculinity (Discussion in Contemporary Culture)

✍ Scribed by Maurice Berger, Brian Wallis, Simon Watson

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 174
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This anthology takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and prescriptions.

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