1st Edition
Unmasking Masculinity (Routledge Revivals) A Critical Autobiography
By David Jackson
Copyright 1990
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this detailed investigation of ‘masculine’ gendered identity, first published in 1990, David Jackson uses his own personal history to look at the specific ways in which men become ‘masculine’. In doing so he examines, but also offers some positive challenges to, the assumed qualities and values of growing up ‘manly’. Jackson looks closely at the psychological and social forces active in his... Read more
Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Other forms of critical autobiography, 3 Falling apart, men's bodies and masculine identities, 4 Family background, 5 Relations with my father, 6 Sexuality, 7 A critical language autobiography: patriarchal power, social class and language, 8 'One of the boys': male bonding and masculinities, 9 Everyday violence and life in an all-boys' secondary school, 10 Sporting activities and masculinities, 11 Boys' comics: reading the Rover, Hotspur and Wizard, 1948-50, 12 Widening the ripples: the value of critical life-history work for men, Index
Biography
David Jackson
