The Decline of Men - How the American Male Is Getting Axed, Giving Up, and Flipping Off

Informationen zum Autor Guy Garcia was a staff writer at Time magazine for thirteen years. The author of Skin Deep and Obsidian Sky , he is also the founding editor of the urban website TotalNewYork.com. More recently, he has worked on the development of AOL Latin America, AOL International, and AOL Music. Klappentext Why are so many of today's supermen super-clueless? Why do so many men prefer the escapist digitized world of Spike TV and Grand Theft Auto to the reality of their own lives? An entire generation of men is slacking off. The struggle to redefine what being a man means in today's world has resulted in widespread male confusion, leading to rampant malaise, alienation, and disconnection. In this eye-opening exploration of this crisis of contemporary American manhood, award-winning journalist Guy Garcia sheds light on a problem that has wreaked havoc on the American family. Packed with startling statistics, informed by pop culture, and narrated in the entertaining style for which Guy Garcia is known, The Decline of Men is an important wake-up call to the distressing reality of the American male Zusammenfassung In an eye-opening exploration of contemporary American manhood! Guy Garcia’s The Decline of Men shows how men are struggling to redefine what being a man means in today’s world. Packed with startling statistics! informed by pop culture! and narrated in the entertaining style for which Guy Garcia is known! The Decline of Men sheds light on a problem that has wreaked havoc on the American family and urges men and women to look past the gender wars to address this national emergency together.

Product details

• Authors: Guy Garcia
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2009
• EAN: 9780061353154
• ISBN: 978-0-06-135315-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Geopolitics, social and political philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: family and relationships, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Criminal law: procedure and offences, HISTORY: Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, LAW: Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Discrimination, LAW: Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Men's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Ethnic Studies / American / General, Social discrimination and social justice