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Zusatztext "Hanlon has produced a comprehensive text on masculinity and caring and one that I would recommend to scholars across the social sciences. It was an engaging piece to read! one that was well thought out and presented." - Journal of Gender Studies "This book could serve as a teaching tool in advanced gender studies courses because it provides a rare! in depth analysis of how men interpret their role in fathering! housework! and emotion work" - Sex Roles "Feminist debate has long been derailed by the question! "But what about the men?". Hanlon's book answers this sensitively and comprehensively and lays the foundations on which we can start to build a model of affective equality." - Huffington Post "This publication could be used as an excellent guide in developing policy and practice in men's caring contexts. Niall Hanlon made an excellent case for masculinities studies to take up 'care'! and its contexts! as an important focus of study and debate." - Irish Journal of Sociology Informationen zum Autor NIALL HANLON is a Lecturer in in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Dublin Business School, Ireland. He has published book chapters and journal articles on men, masculinities and care, as well as on social care practice, theory and education. Klappentext This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men! to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men confront this contradictory expectation. Zusammenfassung This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men! to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men confront this contradictory expectation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Care in Masculinities Studies Gendered Care Practices Masculinities and Care Masculinities and Emotions Nurturing Femininities Breadwinner Masculinities Nurturing Masculinities Childhood Care Stories Care-Free Masculinities Care-Full Masculinities Toward Affective Equality Notes References Index...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface Care in Masculinities Studies Gendered Care Practices Masculinities and Care Masculinities and Emotions Nurturing Femininities Breadwinner Masculinities Nurturing Masculinities Childhood Care Stories Care-Free Masculinities Care-Full Masculinities Toward Affective Equality Notes References Index
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"Hanlon has produced a comprehensive text on masculinity and caring and one that I would recommend to scholars across the social sciences. It was an engaging piece to read, one that was well thought out and presented." - Journal of Gender Studies
"This book could serve as a teaching tool in advanced gender studies courses because it provides a rare, in depth analysis of how men interpret their role in fathering, housework, and emotion work" - Sex Roles
"Feminist debate has long been derailed by the question, "But what about the men?". Hanlon's book answers this sensitively and comprehensively and lays the foundations on which we can start to build a model of affective equality." - Huffington Post
"This publication could be used as an excellent guide in developing policy and practice in men's caring contexts. Niall Hanlon made an excellent case for masculinities studies to take up 'care', and its contexts, as an important focus of study and debate." - Irish Journal of Sociology
