My Brother's Keeper What the Social Sciences Do (and Don't) Tell Us about Masculinity

Name: My Brother's Keeper What the Social Sciences Do (and Don't) Tell Us about Masculinity
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ISBN: 9780830826902

ISBN-10: 0830826904

ISBN-13: 9780830826902

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mary Stewart van Leeuwen

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"What is man, that you are mindful of him, the son of man, that you care for him?"Indeed, what is a man?As our society sorts through what it means to be masculine or feminine and roles drift and shift, men as well as women feel the strain. Very recently, a small but growing field of theory called men's studies has appeared in reaction to the decades-long feminist movement in women's studies. Can the social sciences informing contemporary men's studies (psychology, cultural anthropology and others) provide helpful insight as to what helps or hinders men in becoming the sons, fathers, husbands, and brothers they ought to be?Following her landmark gender-reconciliation text, Gender and Grace,…

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List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 10/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 255
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Background Issues



Masculinity Under Siege



The Biblical Drama and the Gendered Powers



Masculinity and Honor: A Mixed Legacy



Disciplinary Perspectives



What Can We Learn from Biology?



What Can We Learn from Developmental Psychology?



What Can We Learn from Other Cultures?



Continuing Challenges



The Challenge of Evolutionary Psychology



Men, Religion and the Distortion of the Cultural Mandate



Men, Religion and Contemporary Feminism



Contemporary Applications



Men, Marriage and Male Parenting



Men, Masculinity and Nonrelational Sexuality



An Agenda for Gender Reconciliation


Names Index


Subject Index