Are Men Animals? - How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Gutmann is a professor of anthropology at Brown University who has spent thirty years exploring notions of masculinity across the United States, Latin America, and China. He also has been a visiting professor at El Colegio de México and Nanjing University, and is the author of eight books. He lives in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Klappentext "Boys will be boys," the saying goes--but what does that actually mean? Anthropologist Gutmann argues that predatory male behavior is in no way inevitable. Men behave the way they do because culture permits it, not because biology demands it. To prove this, he embarks on a global investigation of masculinity.nity. "Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigates Zusammenfassung "Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigates

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Gutmann
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781541699588
• ISBN: 978-1-5416-9958-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories