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OverviewThis study provides a psychological analysis of masculinity, arising from the author's work as a psychotherapist. It argues that many men today find their identity to be devalued, fractured and precarious, and that men are trained to be economically productive, to carry out society's violent tasks and to preserve a stoical, almost autistic, reserve. The author also links the psychological study of gender with that used in feminism, sociology and anthropology, and suggests that inter-disciplinary work on gender would be fruitful. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. HorrocksPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780333593233ISBN 10: 0333593235 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 30 August 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Gender, together with race and class, has become one of the most important cultural categories of modern consciousness - and unconsciousness. In this compelling account of the dilemmas, dangers and delights of modern masculinity, Horrocks, an academic turned psychotherapist, combines in a unique way a penetrating sociological and literary analysis with sensitive and knowledgeable psychoannalytic insights (not to mention Film, Anthropology, Pop and Zen). Echoing The Female Eunuch he sees the fragility at the heart of maleness, the meekness of the macho, the fear of female power in partriarchal attitudes. At a time of bruising unemployment and epidemic suicide among young males, this book - humane but unsentimental, eclectic but harmonious, personal but not mawkish, scholarly but never obsucre - is likely to establish itself immediately as a contemporary classic.' - Jeremy Holmes, MB, BCh, FRCPsych Author InformationROGER HORROCKS was formerly a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Hertfordshire. He also carried out research into aphasia, metaphoric language and schizophrenic language. He then became a psychotherapist, working in London, where his work with men and women has focused on the 'false self' demanded by family and social pressures, as opposed to the authenticity that individuals crave and need. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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