From Panthers to Promise Keepers

Rethinking the Men's Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Written for a general audience, From Panthers to Promise Keepers draws on years of readings about, interviews with, and intimate observations of the men and networks who were involved in what some have called "the men's movement." Focusing on the decades between 1950 and 2000 in the U.S., From Panthers to Promise Keepers places networks of gay men and of black men (and women) at the center of its investigations, exploring some of the unexpected ways in which these seemingly marginal networks were precursors to, rather than mere followers of, the white and heterosexual men's groups that followed and that became the objects of media attention. This study also demonstrates that networks with radically different positions on important social issues nonetheless shared two related activities—criticizing individualist, self-making values and attempting, through surprisingly similar ritual practices, to construct ideals of masculinity that were more expressive of vulnerability, tenderness, and care.Men's politically varied efforts to refashion masculine ideals during the last 50 years have contributed to a different global climate with respect to masculinities. Near the end of the 1990s, agencies such as UNESCO helped the reform of masculine ideals become more widely seen as a necessary component of movements for social justice and a "culture of peace." Current efforts to revive a more aggressive and force-based masculine ideal, a "masculinity for a culture of war," are one of many testaments to the cultural resonance of what has been called "the men's movement."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-11-26
Mått152 x 228 x 17 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Social Formations
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847691302

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Close EncountersChapter 2 Men, Masculinity, and Mourning on the Mall: National Manhood and Male RomanceChapter 3 Revolutionary Men: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Reconfiguration of Black Masculine IdealsChapter 4 A Circle of Loving Companions: Radically GayChapter 5 Reenchanting (White) Masculinity: The Profeminist Heritage of “Men’s Liberation”Chapter 6 Iron and Ironing Johns: Being Born Again in the Mythopoetic MovementChapter 7 Fathers of ThemselvesChapter 8 Reinventing the HusbandChapter 9 Doing The Work of Love: Promise Keepers on Work, Marriage, and FatheringChapter 10 Beyond a Focus on the Family: Love Work As Race ReconciliationChapter 11 The Politics of Feeling

Judith Newton's years of research on men's networks, along with her insight into the complex ways that gender relations are intertwined with race, sexualities, and nation, have resulted in an important and provocative book. From Panthers to Promise Keepers moves men of color and gay men from the margins to the center of analysis, and the result is a ray of optimism: When we de-center white, heterosexual men from our analysis, Newton shows us, we see that men's collective efforts to develop ideals of manhood based on care and connection with others may yet contribute to the development of a more peaceful and egalitarian world.