Paying for masculinity : boys, men and the patriarchal dividend /

Paying for masculinity : boys, men and the patriarchal dividend /

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Author / Creator:Knuttila, Kenneth Murray, author.
Imprint:Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing, [2016]
Description:viii, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Patriarchy.
Masculinity.
Male domination (Social structure)
Sex role.
Men.
Boys.
Boys.
Male domination (Social structure)
Masculinity.
Men.
Patriarchy.
Sex role.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10892131
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ISBN:9781552668245
155266824X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"In Paying for Masculinity, Murray Knuttila argues that male dominance is best understood in the context of the particular mode of gender practice--hegemonic masculinity--that typifies patriarchal gender orders. This mode of masculinity permeates our society, media and culture. It persists because of "the patriarchal dividend"--men directly benefit from their dominance in society. But these benefits exact a price, first and foremost from women and girls. But, as boys and men are under pressure to "man up," they too pay the costs: they die younger, go to prison, restrict their emotions and blunt their humanity. Simply put, men need to understand that the costs of practising this mode of masculinity far outweigh the benefits. Knuttila's conceptual framework allows him to trace the history of the patriarchal dividend through various aspects of patriarchal capitalism, demonstrating how ingrained it is in our society, and to illustrate ways of encouraging non-hegemonic forms of masculinity, which are ultimately to the benefit of everyone. --
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Previewing a Conceptual Toolkit
  • Critical Realism: What is Really Going On
  • Agency and Structure
  • Human Social Agency: Biological but Not Biologically Determined
  • Social Structure
  • Moving On
  • 1. Towards Conceptual Clarity: Sex and Gender and Much More
  • Sex Differences
  • Beyond Two Sexes: Cis, Intersexual, Transsexual and Transgender
  • Gender: Early Conceptual Confusion
  • Sex Roles IS Beyond Sex Roles
  • Beyond Sex Roles
  • Gender: The Evolution (and Revolution?) of a Concept
  • Masculinity and Masculinities
  • Patriarchy
  • Patriarchal Masculinity
  • Patriarchal Dividend
  • Critiques of Hegemonic Masculinity
  • Moving On
  • 2. Acquiring Gender
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Rethinking Freud
  • The Biology of Gender: Hormones, Brains and Sex
  • George Herbert Mead
  • Towards an Integrated Approach
  • Moving On
  • 3. Boys Will Be(come) Men
  • Sense and Sensibilities
  • When Boys Are Just Boys
  • Manning Up: Early Socialization
  • Playing Around with Gender
  • School
  • Peers
  • Media and Video Games
  • Boys to Teens: Gaining Masculinity
  • The Dating Game
  • Manning Up Is Not Easy
  • Agents not Cultural Dupes
  • Manhood Dawning
  • Other Paths to Manhood
  • Moving On
  • 4. Capitalism and Work: Sex, Gender and Economy
  • Work, Labour and Homo Sapiens
  • Capitalism as an Economic Order
  • 1500s-1770s: Mercantilism (Merchant Capitalism)
  • 1770s-1860s: Industrial Capitalism
  • 1860s-1929/30: Corporate Capitalism
  • 1930s-1970s: Keynesian State Corporate Monopoly Capitalism
  • 1970s-2008/9: Neo-Liberal Global Capitalism
  • 2008/09 to Present: Age of Uncertainty
  • Capitalism: A Summary
  • Capitalism and Work
  • The Family Wage: Sex Segregating the Labour Force
  • Trade Unions and Sex Segregating the Labour Force
  • Men, Masculinity and White Settler Nations
  • The First "Great" War and the Great Depression
  • The Second Great War, "Happy Days" and Another Crisis
  • Neo-Liberalism and Masculinity
  • Canada's Sex-Segregated Labour Force
  • Moving On
  • 5. Family Men?
  • Historical Context
  • Gender, Class and Family Relations
  • The Patriarchal Dividend Within the Family
  • Maintaining the Dividend
  • The State and the Family
  • Moving On
  • 6. Violent Men or Men and Violence?
  • Defining Violence
  • Quantifying Violence
  • Socially Sanctioned Violence?
  • Violent Men
  • Social Men
  • School Shootings and Men: What's Going On?
  • Connecting Violence and Masculinity
  • Moving On
  • 7. Representing Boys and Men
  • Movies
  • Frontiers and Cowboys
  • Men at Wat
  • The World of Sports
  • Resisting Hegemonic Masculinity: Literature in Canada
  • Moving On
  • 8. Defending, Resisting and Costing the Patriarchal Dividend
  • Defending the Patriarchal Dividend
  • Masculinities Galore
  • The Costs of the Dividend
  • A Complication: Capitalism and Patriarchy
  • The Future of and for Men and Boys
  • References
  • Index
Purchased by the George E. & Mable L. Kaufmann Book Fund bookplate

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