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Race and the Subject of Masculinities
Stecopoulos
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Description for Race and the Subject of Masculinities
paperback. Although in recent years scholars have explored the cultural construction of masculinity, the ways in which masculinity intersects with other categories of identity, particularly those of race and ethnicity, have largely been ignored. This title includes essays that address this concern and focus on the social construction of masculinity. Editor(s): Stecopoulos, Harilaos; Uebel, Michael. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
Although in recent years scholars have explored the cultural construction of masculinity, they have largely ignored the ways in which masculinity intersects with other categories of identity, particularly those of race and ethnicity. The essays in Race and the Subject of Masculinities address this concern and focus on the social construction of masculinity—black, white, ethnic, gay, and straight—in terms of the often complex and dynamic relationships among these inseparable categories.
Discussing a wide range of subjects including the inherent homoeroticism of martial-arts cinema, the relationship between working-class ideologies and Elvis impersonators, the emergence of a gay, black masculine aesthetic in ... Read more
Although in recent years scholars have explored the cultural construction of masculinity, they have largely ignored the ways in which masculinity intersects with other categories of identity, particularly those of race and ethnicity. The essays in Race and the Subject of Masculinities address this concern and focus on the social construction of masculinity—black, white, ethnic, gay, and straight—in terms of the often complex and dynamic relationships among these inseparable categories.
Discussing a wide range of subjects including the inherent homoeroticism of martial-arts cinema, the relationship between working-class ideologies and Elvis impersonators, the emergence of a gay, black masculine aesthetic in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
New Americanists
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822319665
SKU
V9780822319665
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About Stecopoulos
Harry Stecopolous is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Iowa. Michael Uebel is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
Reviews for Race and the Subject of Masculinities
"These essays are well researched, beautifully contextualized in relation to previous work in pertinent fields, and engagingly written. Race and the Subject of Masculinities will be extremely useful to scholars and critics working in gender studies."—Phillip Brian Harper, New York University