Ebook {Epub PDF} Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael S. Kimmel

 · Guyland: the perilous world where boys become men. A leading authority in gender studies profiles American males between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, offering insight into their belief systems, relationships, and preferences, in a report that also discusses the sources of violent and deviant www.doorway.ru Interaction Count: well, Guyland explores the everyday world of young men whom Kimmel describes as immersed in a new stage of social development, one transformed by social-historical changes that have made the world of young men less cer-tain than it may have been in the past. Kimmel defines "Guyland" as a "stage of life, a liminal undefined time. Kimmel, Michael. Guyland: The perilous world where boys become men. NY: Harper Collins. ISBN Using a combination of interviews, anecdotes, and socio-historical insight, Michael Kimmel’s Guyland offers a detailed analysis of the prevailing social construction and performance of hegemonic masculinity in mainstream North American youth culture.

Michael Scott Kimmel is an American sociologist, specializing in gender studies. He is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. The author or editor of more than twenty volumes, his books include The Politics of Manhood, and The History of Men (). "Guyland" is Michael Kimmel's interpretation of the behaviors and attitudes of the experiences of "guys," whom he defines as primarily white, middle class, college educated, heterosexual men ages Kimmel, Michael S. Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. New York: Harpercollins. Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide) Kimmel, Michael S, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. New York: Harpercollins, MLA Citation (style guide).

Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. Michael Kimmel, sociologist and author of Manhood in America, provides a research-grounded analysis of why white-middle class males, between the ages of 16 and 26, who are or will be college educated, retreat to Guyland —both a new stage of life and a social space. But beneath the appearance of a simple extended boyhood, a more dangerous social world has developed, far away from the traditional signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood—a territory Michael Kimmel has identified as "Guyland.". well, Guyland explores the everyday world of young men whom Kimmel describes as immersed in a new stage of social development, one transformed by social-historical changes that have made the world of young men less cer-tain than it may have been in the past. Kimmel defines "Guyland" as a "stage of life, a liminal undefined time.