Xy - On Masculine Identity

Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine." This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny.

About the author

Elisabeth Badinter. Translated by Lydia Davis

Summary

Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability.

Product details

• Authors: Elisabeth Badinter
• Assisted by: Lydia Davis (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.1997
• EAN: 9780231084352
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08435-2
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism; European Perspectives; European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men