Masculinities

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Gill Perry

"Gender and Art is the third of six books in the series Art and its Histories, which form the main texts of an Open University course. The course has been designed for students who are new to the discipline but will also appeal to those who have undertaken some study in this area. This third volume examines the role of gender difference in the production, consumption and interpretation of works of art. Encompassing European art, architecture and design from the sixteenth century to the present day, it explores both the work of women artists and the ways that visual representation by male and female artists may be gendered."--BOOK JACKET.

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Jafari S. Allen

Promoting the revolutionary socialist project of equality and dignity for all, the slogan 'Venceremos!' (We shall overcome!) appears throughout Cuba, everywhere from newspapers to schools murals to nightclubs. This book is a groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among black Cubans in the early 21st century.

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Roger Horrocks

This book studies some of the important myths of masculinity in popular culture, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The book begins with an assessment of some of the key theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, including identification between subject and text, and the debate over the male subject position and female object position in patriarchal culture. The author also makes use of an unusually wide-ranging theoretical background, derived from feminism, anthropology, psychology, Marxism and sociology. The book argues that popular culture does not simply present tales of male heroism and conquest, but also gives us highly complex and ambivalent images of men. The hero turns into the anti-hero; feminine and homoerotic material leak in; the male is often shown as the victim. Thus popular culture does not simply express male hegemony, but also reveals many images of male defeat, damage and confusion.

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G. J. Barker-Benfield

"With an updated introduction, the revolutionary book that changed our understanding of gender relations in America is now back in print. Controversial and considered ahead of its time, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is a startling portrait of male attitudes toward masculinity, women, and sexuality in nineteenth-century America."--BOOK JACKET.