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On Masculine Identity

By: Elisabeth Badinter, Lydia Davis (Translator)

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Paperback | 11 March 1997 | Edition Number 1

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What is a man? What is a real man? Is masculinity a biological given or an ideological construction? In this treatise, feminist philosopher Elisabeth Badinter seeks to define manhood at a time when sex-role distinctions have become increasingly ambiguous and age-old stereotypes about masculinity have been shattered. Drawing on biological examples, historical and sociological analyses, fiction and biography, Badinter offers a highly suggestive account of the new man which th 20th century is in the process of inventing. Exploring the shifting inscriptions of male identity in the popular imagination, Badinter examines changing role models for masculine identity - from the cowboy of the 1950s to the Terminator of the 1990s. She suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviours traditionally labelled "feminine". This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny.

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"Examines masculinity from a historical and psychological perspective, lingering on how society's and men's attitudes toward homosexuality have changed over the years... The subject... is well researched and skillfully presented." -- New York Times Book Review

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Men and Boys Psychology Sexual Behaviour Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Psychoanalytical Theory & Freudian Psychology Medicine

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Preface to the American Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Enigma of Masculinity - the Big X	p. 1
Constructing a Male (Y): Masculine Identity
Y; or, Sexual Dualism	p. 35
Masculine Differentiation	p. 43
"It is Man Who Engenders Man"	p. 67
Identity and Sexual Orientation	p. 97
Being a Man (XY): Healing the Sick Man
The Mutilated Man	p. 127
The Reconciled Man	p. 161
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 243
General Bibliography (Selected Novels)	p. 249
Index of Names Cited	p. 271
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