Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (Families, Law, and Society)
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Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (Families, Law, and Society)
Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (Families, Law, and Society)

Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach (Families, Law, and Society)

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Ann C. McGinley (Author) Frank Rudy Cooper (Contributor) Michael Kimmel (Contributor)  

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According to masculinities theory, masculinity is not a biological imperative but a social construction. Men engage in a constant struggle with other men to prove their masculinity. Masculinities and the Law develops a multidimensional approach. It sees categories of identity-including various forms of raced, classed, and sex-oriented masculinities-as operating simultaneously and creating different effects in different contexts. By applying multidimensional masculinities theory to law, this cutting-edge collection both expands the field of masculinities and develops new thinking about important issues in feminist and critical race theories. The topics covered include how norms of masculinity influence the behavior of policemen, firefighters, and international soldiers on television and in the real world; employment discrimination against masculine cocktail waitresses and all transgendered employees; the legal treatment of fathers in the U.S. and the ways unauthorized migrant fathers use the dangers of border crossing to boost their masculine esteem; how Title IX fails to curtail the masculinity of sport; the racist assumptions behind the prison rape debate; the surprising roots of homophobia in Jamaican dancehall music; and the contradictions of the legal debate over women veiling in Turkey. Ultimately, the book argues that multidimensional masculinities theory can change how law is interpreted and applied.
Ann C. McGinley is William S. Boyd Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Frank Rudy Cooper is Professor of Law at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY, Stony Brook and author of Manhood in America.
  • Contributor: Ann C. McGinley
  • Imprint: New York University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780814769690
  • Number of Pages: 315
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 431
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: New York University Press
  • Release Date: 2012-08-27
  • Series: Families, Law, and Society
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Ann C. McGinley is William S. Boyd Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Frank Rudy Cooper is Professor of Law at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY, Stony Brook and author of Manhood in America.

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