A Little Book on Men
by Rahul Roy
Description
India today is abuzz about how things are changing for the new Indian woman. Yet no one is talking about men. As the varied discourses within gender studies grow increasingly complex, the study of masculinities continues to remain an area of darkness within the South Asian reality. The obvious is familiar to all---the visible, hegemonic masculinity which bristles on the slightest provocation and proudly displays its wares. But what about various other masculinities, those which remain silent and unrecognized, pushed under and behind their ‘hyper masculine’ brethren? One might ask---are the two kinds of masculinities locked in an eternal conflict? And are these masculinities permanent, unchangeable, or do they evolve and transform with time? An unprecedented and timely effort, A Little Book on Men, attempts to address many of these questions in a creative and reader-friendly manner through drawings, text, and video frames. Drawing on popular culture, socialization charts used in schools, poetry, personal narratives and documentary footage, this unique book brings together the main theories, key concepts and empirical research on masculinities even as it contributes to the construction of a language which men in South Asia can use to talk about themselves in different and individually distinct ways.
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Yoda Press
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- Publisher YODA PRESS
- Publication Date April 2007
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788190363488
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 275 INR
- Pages72
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2007
- Dimensions10x6.5 inches
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