From Panthers to Promise Keepers
Subtitle: Rethinking the Men's Movement (The New Social Formations)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: December 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780847691296
Subjects: Men's studies; Social Science; Men's movement; Sociology; Men's Studies - General; Social Science / Men's Studies; Gender Studies; Masculinity; Political aspects; Sex role; United States
Description: From Panthers to Promise Keepers draws on intimate observations of the men and networks who were involved in what some have called the mens movement and tells us why these networks mattered. Focusing on the decades between and, it argues that while public, structural change is necessary for gender equality, getting men involved in efforts at social justice may well depend on their making changes with respect to feelings and with respect to their unconscious fears and anxieties as well.