Unlocking the Iron Cage: The Men's Movement, Gender Politics, and American Culture

by Michael Schwalbe

The mythopoetic men's movement grew quietly for ten years before Roberts Bly's bestseller Iron John brought the movement to national attention. Reactions to the movement ranged from bemused or dismissive stories appearing in Sunday supplements and magazines, to outrageous lampoons on stage, to harsh criticism by many feminists. Bly and the mythopoetic claimed in turn to be misunderstood. What is the truth about these men and their movement? Why do...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195092295
• ISBN13: 9780195092295
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"