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1 online resource (235 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
The Achilles Heel Reader: Men, Sexual Politics and Socialism; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Men, sexual politics and socialism; Chapter 2 Hopes and dreams: creating a men's politics; Chapter 3 'Personally speaking': experiencing a men's group; Chapter 4 Men, feminism and patriarchy; MEN AND FEMINISM; THE PROBLEM WITH PATRIARCHY; THE FAMILY: DEAD OR ALIVE; Chapter 5 Men and children; PREGNANT FATHERHOOD -- 2 YEARS ON; Chapter 6 Men's work; THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEN'S WORK: NOTES FROM THE COLLECTIVE; HOMOGENIZED; MINING -- A WORLD APART; COMPUTER GAMES |
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IT'S WORTH THINKING ABOUT ... SOME PIECES ON INTELLECTUAL WORKPIN-UPS COME DOWN ON BUILDING SITES; WORKING ON THE RIGS; THE POLITICAL MORALITY OF WORK; Chapter 7 Sources and traditions; BALDWIN; CANDIDA: SHAW AND FEMINISM; Postscript: Men, feminism and politics; Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1991, The Achilles Heel Reader brings together key articles from Achilles Heel, the path-breaking and influential magazine of men's sexual politics. It also includes an important introduction by the editor, setting the magazine in its intellectual and historical context. Achilles Heel, first published in 1978, was a magazine which explored positive conceptions of masculinity and the ways in which men can change in response to the challenge of feminism. It sought to persuade men to take responsibility for the power they share as men in rela |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136921919 |
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1136921915 |
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