Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind

By Anthony McMahon

Book Overview

This book sets out to determine how much of the hype about the sensitive, post-feminist new man is based on fact, and why such images have proliferated in the media. McMahon focuses on the pivotal issue of men's relationship to the daily work of caring for people, revealing much confusion about the extent and the interpretation of change. Using statistical data, interview transcripts and media analysis, McMahon draws insightful distinctions between pleasure and performance, assistance and responsibility, consumption and production.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588200
• ISBN13: 9780521588201
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"