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Representing Men (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,353
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Representing Men (Paperback, New): Kenneth MacKinnon

Representing Men (Paperback, New)

Kenneth MacKinnon

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Until quite recently, the term 'gender studies' seemed to promise a species of women's studies. The danger in this is that masculinity could appear to be a lot less rewarding as an object of inquiry, as if it were somehow purely a product of nature or biology - almost as though, while women to some extent learned gender through social experience, men were simply the way they were, unalterable. Representing Men takes its cue from the greater visibility of men's studies in the 1990s. It interests itself in the way that mass media do not so much 'reflect' masculinity in society as 'teach' it, by creating or reinforcing its images. The ideas of many books and articles of particularly the last two decades are synthesised to show the range of masculinities. While these publications normally deal with one specific medium apiece, the present study considers four distinct, if related, media: namely, movies, television, advertising and sports coverage (especially on television and in newspapers). In this study, Kenneth MacKinnon suggests that ultimately masculinity is no straightforward actuality. Instead, several aspects of masculinity are ideals rather than social realities. These ideals m

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Imprint: Hodder Arnold
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2003
First published: June 2003
Authors: Kenneth MacKinnon
Dimensions: 232 x 155 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-80833-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies
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LSN: 0-340-80833-0
Barcode: 9780340808337

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