Given the substantial impact of feminism on children s
literature and culture during the last quarter century, it comes as
no surprise that gender studies have focused predominantly on
issues of female representation. The question of how the same
patriarchal ideology structured representations of male bodies and
behaviors was until very recently a marginal discussion. Now that
masculinity has emerges as an overt theme in children s literature
and film, critical consideration of the subject is timely, if not
long overdue.
Ways of Being Male addresses this new concern in an
unprecedented collection of essays examining how contemporary
debates about masculinity are reflected in fiction and film for
young adults. An outstanding team of scholars elucidates the ways
in which different versions of male identity are constructed and
presented to young audiences. The contributors, drawn from a
variety of academic disciplines, employ international discourses in
literary criticism, feminism, social sciences, film theory,
psychoanalytic criticism, and queer theory in their wide-ranging
exploration of male representation. With its illuminating array of
perspectives, this pioneering survey brings a long neglected
subject into sharp focus. "
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