| Description |
xii, 331 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: on law and masculinity. The sociology of masculinity: a context. Theorising law and masculinity. Towards a study of law and masculinity: concluding remarks -- 2. Theorising masculinity and the family. 'Critical' family law. Defining the 'family'. Functionalism. The public/private dichotomy. Familialism: rethinking law, power and the family -- Conclusions: on method, masculinity and law -- 3. Law, sex and masculinity. The legal construction of homosexuality. The homosexual personage and the emergence of (hetero) masculinity in law. Scientific 'fact' and the legal problem of transsexualism. Sex, gender and marriage --Conclusions: the sexual basis of hegemonic masculinity and marriage -- 4. 'Love without fear': representations of male heterosexuality in law. A context: sexuality and society. The legal construction of sexual intercourse. The social and legal construction of male sexuality |
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5. The 'good father' in law: authority, work and the reconstruction of fatherhood. Men's studies and 'new fathers': constructing a climate of change and crisis. Establishing paternity. Constructing fatherhood in law: from father right to father absence. 'Doing what comes naturally': constructing breadwinner masculinity. Constructing the family man: the modernising of paternal masculinity -- 6. 'Family men' and 'dangerous' masculinities. The 'family' man and 'respectable' masculinity. Dangerous men, dangerous masculinities:.̃ 'Sacrificial men' and 'errant fathers'. The family man as 'other': case studies -- 7. Changing masculinities, changing law: concluding remarks. Beyond the family: masculine authority and legal discourse. (Re)constructing the family man. Marriage, law and male sexuality. Masculinity, feminism and 'critical' family law: some concluding remarks |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-324) and index |
| Subject |
Critical legal studies.
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Fathers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Masculinity.
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Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Men -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Sex and law.
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| LC no. |
94005591 |
| ISBN |
0415091942 (hard) |
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0415091950 |
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