Xy: On Masculine Identity

By Élisabeth Badinter

Book Overview

Examining changing role models for masculine identity--from cowboy in the 1950s to Terminator in the 1990s, from flesh-and-blood man to machine--this book suggests that men need new role models and that sufficient room needs to be left for the expression of male vulnerability, a psychic space that would accept attitudes and behaviors traditionally labeled as "feminine." This new model, Badinter argues, may reduce the profound effects of homophobia and misogyny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084358
• ISBN13: 9780231084352
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher