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Stiffed : the root of modern male rage

Faludi, Susan, author

Overview

\" ... Faludi turns her attention to the so-called \"Angry Male\" politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, Stiffed goes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior--that it's driven by chromosomes or hormones--to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood. Faludi's vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a \"utilitarian\" manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an \"ornamental\" masculinity shaped by entertainment. .Read in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi's analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. Stiffed delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated\"--Back cover.

• Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Subject: Men United States Social conditions. / Men United States Psychology. / Masculinity United States.
• ISBN: 9780062858412, 0062858416

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ1090.3.F35 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE