Contemporary Masculinity
This book raises the issue of the relationship between violence and male representation and how the transition toward individualism and social transformation phenomena belonging to modernity predominantly contributed to its emergence. I also address the n
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From Tarzan to Homer Simpson Education and the Male Violence of the West
Sócrates Nolasco
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Translated from Portuguese by Alexandre K. Oliveira.
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To my daughters, Flora and Luisa
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgementsix Introductionxi Chapter 1: Contemporary Masculinity
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An Introductory Note 1 Theoretical and Methodological Foundations 9 About The Simpsons18 Chapter 2: The First Sex
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Male Representation Learning to be a Man Banalization of Masculinity Male Violence
25 45 56 64
Chapter 3: Culture: Modernity and Subjectivity Modernity and Individualism Individualism and Subjectivity: Foucault, Baudrillard, and Keleman Chapter 4: The Operators of Culture: Subjectivity and Myth Subjectivity and the Greek Myths Modern Male Myths Constructing the Minority Subject Myths in Late Modernity: Minorities Feminism as a Minority Discourse
69 69 87 125 125 149 168 170 175
Chapter 5: Beyond Tarzan and Homer Simpson: Culture under Transformation181 Chapter 6: Conclusion
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References193
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Professor Donaldo Macedo, College of Liberal Arts University of Massachusetts Boston, for his valuable support for the publication of this book, and Erika Fraenkel for her generosity and availability. A few institutions contributed directly to the development of this work; I would like to thank the Center for Energetic Studies (Berkeley) and the ‘Center for Formative Psychology’ (Rio de Janeiro). This work received precious contributions from Stanley Keleman, director of the Center for Energetic Studies, who was, for months, an attentive and committed interlocutor. I take this opportunity to mention contributions by Leila Cohn, director of the Center for Formative Psychology, who not only introduced me to Keleman’s work, but also cleared countless doubts I came upon during my study of formative thought. Our conversations were fundamental toward helping identify the right way to conceptually apply Keleman’s work. I also thank Professor David Gilmore, State University of New York, Stony Brook, for having accepted my invitation to come to Brazil/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and to present on his research through a most elucidating conf
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