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Reframing Masculinities; Narrating the Suppoertive Practices of Men, India Reframing Masculinities; Narrating the Suppoertive Practices of Men, India Radhika Chopra With reference to India; contributed articles. OL10226443W
Boys have feelings too Boys have feelings too Dale Bick Carlson Discusses how sexual equality can free boys from the macho image and give them the freedom to be more aware of their emotional side. OL15057217W
Y Y Steve Jones Publisher's description: Renowned scientist and author Steve Jones reveals the mysteries of maleness and arrives at a startling conclusion: men are actually the second sex. Beginning with what men co… OL15156941W
Guyland Guyland Michael S. Kimmel Why do so many guys seem stuck between adolescence and adulthood? Why do so many of them fail to launch? Just what is going on with America's young men?The passage from adolescence to adulthood was o… OL15836785W
The Promise Keepers The Promise Keepers Dane S. Claussen xvi, 336 pages ; 24 cm OL18231691W
Transcribing class and gender Transcribing class and gender Carole Srole viii, 324 p. : 24 cm OL18679548W
Oh boy! Oh boy! Freya Jarman-Ivens "From Muddy Waters to Mick Jagger, Elvis to Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley to Justin Timberlake, masculinity in popular music has been an issue explored by performers, critics, and audiences. From the… OL19662698W
Men's lives Men's lives Michael S. Kimmel,Michael A. Messner "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 def… OL19667612W
Boying up Boying up Mayim Bialik Why does my voice crack like that? What should I eat to build muscle? How do I talk to someone I have a crush on? What do I do if someone calls me names or bullies me? OL19746217W
The way of men The way of men Jack Donovan "What is masculinity? Ask ten men and you'll get ten vague, conflicting answers. Unlike any book of its kind, The Way of Men offers a simple, straightforward answer-without getting bogged down in rel… OL19764636W
I am sorry to think I have raised a timid son I am sorry to think I have raised a timid son Kent Russell "From one of the most ferociously brilliant young voices in literary non-fiction: a debut of extraordinary force that interrogates a particular paradigm of American masculinity, capturing with discom… OL19996295W
Testosterone Testosterone Joe Herbert ANTHROPOLOGY. We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masc… OL20006337W
Iron John Iron John Robert Bly "In this timeless and deeply learned classic, poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it means to be a man. Bly's vision is based on his ongoing work with men, as… OL20027457W
Out side the XY Out side the XY Morgan Mann Willis An anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters -- all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as … OL20048152W
Boys' Bodies Boys' Bodies Michael Atkinson,Michael Kehler "The chapters in this edited collection examine how the culture of masculinity intersects with issues of health, homophobia, and the suppression and silencing of anxieties about body image among men … OL20547211W
Violent Manhood Violent Manhood J. E. Sumerau This book touches on all of the hot-topic issues of masculinity and violence, including gun violence, sexual assault and the #MeToo movement, violence against women, LGBTQ people, and people of color… OL21689999W
Growing up male in America Growing up male in America Ronald G. Perrier Sixteen interviews with men between the ages of 21 and 31 from various walks of life, educational backgrounds, and work experiences. Their occupations include plumber, bartender, university cheerlead… OL24164735W
Men to boys Men to boys Gary S. Cross Publisher's description -- Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character -- the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic bo… OL2625028W
Misreading Masculinity Misreading Masculinity Thomas Newkirk "In this book Tom Newkirk takes an up-close and personal look at elementary boys and their relationship to sports, movies, video games, and other venues of popular culture. Unlike the alarmists, he s… OL2722806W
The courage to raise good men The courage to raise good men Olga Silverstein Challenging and readable...will help mothers understand the implications of pushing boys out of the family before they're ready to go.—The Los Angeles Times Book Review. OL3939835W
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