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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Wimp Factor: Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, and the Politics of Anxious Masculinitydi Stephen J. Ducat
Beacon Press (10) Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book is a discussion of the fear of "the wimp factor", which became a big issue in the 1988 presidential campaign and has continued to plague American politics and foreign policy ever since. A decent read, and a good introduction to the subject. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In this landmark exploration of how male anxiety has come to define our political culture, Stephen J. Ducat shows the link between the desperate macho strutting of male politicians, the gender gap in voting behavior, and fundamentalist holy wars. He argues that a direct association exists between the magnitude of a man's femiphobia-that is, his terror of being perceived as feminine-and his tendency to embrace right-wing political opinions. From the strenuous efforts by handlers to counter George H. W. Bush's "wimp factor" to the swaggering arrogance that led to the moral and military quagmire in U.S.-occupied Iraq, anxious masculinity has been a discernible subtext in politics. Ducat shows how this anxiety has been an underlying force in public life throughout the history of Western culture, and also explores why and how certain political issues get gendered. Analyzing various aspects of popular culture and drawing on pioneering research on the gender gap, The Wimp Factoris a fascinating expose that will alter our understanding of contemporary politics. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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