The Gender of Desire
(March 2005)
Essays on Male Sexuality Michael S. Kimmel - Author
Articles and essays on the construction of male sexuality by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.
Here, one of the world's pioneers in the field of masculinity studies explores the construction of male sexuality, pornography, and sexual violence. Michael S. Kimmel analyzes what male sexuality is, where it comes from, how it works, what affects it, pornography's impact on it, what fantasies men have about sex...(Read More)
The History of Men
(March 2005)
Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities Michael S. Kimmel - Author
A collection of historical articles and essays by a pioneer in the field of masculinity studies.
In this collection, one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of masculinity studies explores the historical construction of American and British masculinities. Tracing the emergence of American and British masculinities, the forms they have taken, and their development over time, Michael S. Kimmel analyzes the...(Read More)
Examines masculinity in German culture, society, and literature from 1945 to the present.
"After the horrors of the Holocaust, how does a new generation of German men experience and express their masculinity? This wide-ranging collection explores the meaning of masculinity in contemporary Germany, both in reality and representation. From psychoanalytic probes into the darker recesses of recent familial past to contempo...(Read More)