Masculinities, care and equality
Subtitle: identity and nurture in men's lives
By: Niall Hanlon
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780230300217
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Masculinity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies; Nurturing behavior
Description: "This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men confront this contradictory expectation"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PrefaceCare in Masculinities StudiesGendered Care PracticesMasculinities and CareMasculinities and EmotionsNurturing FemininitiesBreadwinner MasculinitiesNurturing MasculinitiesChildhood Care StoriesCare-Free MasculinitiesCare-Full MasculinitiesToward Affective EqualityNotesReferencesIndex.