Masculinities and Violence / Edition 1

by Lee H. Bowker

Overview

Understanding the masculinities-violence nexus is crucially important to finding ways to mitigate the masculine tendency towards violence. Taking a sobering look at men and violence, Lee H Bowker has carefully chosen essays which shed light on the causes and settings of masculine violence. The three essays in Part One lay out the ways in which men learn violence and repeat it. Part Two focuses on the ways men victimize women and children. Part Three turns to the ways men victimize other men, and the final part examines men and organizational violence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761904519
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/24/1997
Series:	SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity , #10
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: LEARNING VIOLENCE
On the Difficulty of Eradicating Masculine Violence - Lee H Bowker
Multisystem Overdetermination
Taking Control - Sarah Sobieraj
Toy Commercials and the Social Construction of Patriarchy
Bureaucratizing Masculinities among Brazilian Torturers and Murderers - Martha K Huggins and Mika Haritos-Fatouros
PART TWO: MEN VICTIMIZING WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Doing Violence to Women - Neil Websdale and Meda Chesney-Lind
Ladykillers - Chris O'Sullivan
Similarities and Divergences of Masculinities in Gang Rape and Wife Battery
The Coaching Abuse of Teenage Girls - Lee H Bowker
A Betrayal of Innocence and Trust
PART THREE: MEN VICTIMIZING MEN
Men Victimizing Men - James Messerschmidt
The Case of Lynching, 1865-1900
Frat Boys, Bossmen, Studs and Gentlemen - John Hagedorn
Hypermasculinity and Prison Violence - Hans Toch
PART FOUR: MASCULINITIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL VIOLENCE
Dow Corning and the Silicone Breast Implant Debacle - Constance Chapple
An Investigation into Corporate Crime against Women
Engendering Violent Men - Tracy Karner
Oral Histories of Military Masculinity

Editorial Reviews

Eleven contributions discuss the ways in which men learn about violence and use it against women, children, and other men. Topics include the role of masculinity in the torture and murders perpetrated by the Brazilian government during the 1964-85 "dirty war," gang rape, prison violence, lynchings conducted from 1865-1900, and Dow Corning's manufacturing of the silicone breast implant. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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