Masculinities and the Law : A Multidimensional Approach / Ann C. McGinley; ed. by Frank Rudy Cooper.
McGinley, Ann C., author.; Aoláin, Fionnuala Ní, contributor.; Brake, Deborah L., contributor.; Buchanan, Kim Shayo, contributor.; Cahn, Naomi, contributor.; Carbado, Devon W., contributor.; Chang, Robert, contributor.; Cohen, David S., contributor.; Cooper, Frank Rudy, contributor.; Cooper, Frank Rudy, editor.; Haynes, Dina, contributor.; Kang, John M., contributor.; Kimmel, Michael, contributor.; Kimmel, Michael, contributor.; McGinley, Ann C., contributor.; Mutua, Athena D., contributor.; Nelson, Camille A., contributor.; Saucedo, Leticia M., contributor.; Vojdik, Valorie K., contributor.
2012
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Title Masculinities and the Law : A Multidimensional Approach / Ann C. McGinley; ed. by Frank Rudy Cooper.
Author McGinley, Ann C., author.
ISBN 9780814764046
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814764039.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814764039.001.0001 doi
Call Number HQ1088 .M85 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.31
Summary According to masculinities theory, masculinity is not a biological imperative but a social construction. Men engage in a constant struggle with other men to prove their masculinity. Masculinities and the Law develops a multidimensional approach. It sees categories of identity-including various forms of raced, classed, and sex-oriented masculinities-as operating simultaneously and creating different effects in different contexts.By applying multidimensional masculinities theory to law, this cutting-edge collection both expands the field of masculinities and develops new thinking about important issues in feminist and critical race theories. The topics covered include how norms of masculinity influence the behavior of policemen, firefighters, and international soldiers on television and in the real world; employment discrimination against masculine cocktail waitresses and all transgendered employees; the legal treatment of fathers in the U.S. and the ways unauthorized migrant fathers use the dangers of border crossing to boost their masculine esteem; how Title IX fails to curtail the masculinity of sport; the racist assumptions behind the prison rape debate; the surprising roots of homophobia in Jamaican dancehall music; and the contradictions of the legal debate over women veiling in Turkey. Ultimately, the book argues that multidimensional masculinities theory can change how law is interpreted and applied.
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Added Author Aoláin, Fionnuala Ní, contributor.
Brake, Deborah L., contributor.
Buchanan, Kim Shayo, contributor.
Cahn, Naomi, contributor.
Carbado, Devon W., contributor.
Chang, Robert, contributor.
Cohen, David S., contributor.
Cooper, Frank Rudy, contributor.
Cooper, Frank Rudy, editor.
Haynes, Dina, contributor.
Kang, John M., contributor.
Kimmel, Michael, contributor.
Kimmel, Michael, contributor.
McGinley, Ann C., contributor.
Mutua, Athena D., contributor.
Nelson, Camille A., contributor.
Saucedo, Leticia M., contributor.
Vojdik, Valorie K., contributor.
Series Families, Law, and Society ; ; 13
In New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780814764039
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Part I. Theorizing Multidimensional Masculinities
1. Feminist Legal Theory Meets Masculinities Theory
2. Masculinity by Law
3. The Multidimensional Turn: Revisiting Progressive Black Masculinities
4. The King Stay the King: Multidimensional Masculinities and Capitalism in The Wire
Part II. Telling Stories about (Heroic) Masculinities
5. Rescue Me
6. Manliness's Paradox
7. Border-Crossing Stories and Masculinities
Part III. Questioning Segregation in Masculine Spaces
8. Sex Segregation, Masculinities, and Gender-Variant Individuals
9. E-race-ing Gender: The Racial Construction of Prison Rape
10. Sport and Masculinity: The Promise and Limits of Title IX
Part IV. Constructing Masculinities in the Global Context
11. Masculinities and Child Soldiers in Post-Conflict Societies
12. Sexuality without Borders: Exploring the Paradoxical Connection between Dancehall and Colonial Law in Jamaica
13. Masculinities, Feminism, and the Turkish Headscarf Ban: Revisiting Şahin v. Turkey
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