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41) To raise a boy: classrooms, locker rooms, bedrooms, and the hidden struggles of American boyhood
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
320 pages
Language
English
Description
"A journalist's searing investigation into how we teach boys to be men-and how we can do better"--
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
1270L
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed, The Man They Wanted Me to Be is both memoir and cultural analysis. Jared Yates Sexton alternates between an examination of his working class upbringing and historical, psychological, and sociological sources that examine the genesis of toxic masculinity and its consequences for society. As progressivism changes American society, and globalism shifts labor away from traditional manufacturing,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"This collection of 100 original dares will help boys expand their worldview, inspire more respect toward girls and non-binary kids, and generally develop a healthier idea of manhood."--Amazon.
Being a boy isn't just about building forts or beating the high score on a video game or being tough. It's about being true to yourself, treating everyone fairly, and helping those around you. From "Dare to include girls in sports" to "Dare to care about the...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
207 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
More true tales of amazing boys who found the courage to be themselves, and achieved something remarkable at the same time. This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for boys who dare to be different, the bestselling book that changed countless boys' lives around the world and gave them the confidence to be themselves. What have the footballer Kylian Mbappe, the philosopher Socrates and the singer Ed Sheeran all got in...
Author
Publisher
Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xiv, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The big story about gender in the 2016 presidential year was supposed to be about Hillary Clinton, and her quest to become the first woman president of the United States. Then Donald Trump s candidacy for the Republican nomination took off, and the narrative took an unexpected turn. Gender was still a central force to be reckoned with, but contrary to the popular understanding of gender as synonymous with women, the gender issue at the heart of the...
Publisher
Grijalbo Mondadori
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición: abril, 2022.
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"El estado machista y sus decisiones, el covid-19, la crisis económica subsecuente y la violencia brutal se han ensañado con las mexicanas. Ante esto, la palabra y la sororidad, los datos irrefutables, la explicación, la inteligencia y el diálogo son sus armas. En esta obra, seis periodistas de primer nivel --coordinadas por Nayeli Roldán, ganadora del premio Ortega y Gasset y del Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2018-- ofrecen reportajes que retratan,...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The legacies of Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Roy Cohn seem like they might be with us forever. Yet Christopher Elias finds in them startling new connections between gender, sexuality, and national security in 20th-century US politics--a paradigm he christens "security state masculinity." Elias integrates biographies of the trio with a history of gossip magazines and their tactics--such as insinuation, guilt by association, hyperbole, and alarmism,...
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