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Masculinity and femininity : stereotypes/myths, psychology and role of culture

Title
Masculinity and femininity : stereotypes/myths, psychology and role of culture / Jacob M. Aston and Estela Vasquez, editors.
Publication
[Hauppauge], N.Y. : Nova Publishers, ©2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Aston, Jacob M.
  • Vasquez, Estela.
Description
x, 177 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
In this book, the authors discuss the stereotypes and myths, psychology and role of culture in masculinity and femininity gender issues. Topics include student teachers' changing perceptions of gender advantages and disadvantages in the New Zealand primary school environment; the performance of black masculinity in Michael Jackson's "Bad" video; masculinity among Latino men in the wake of Arizona's 1070 Senate bill; changing masculinity norms in China and India from advertising-based observations.
Series Statement
Social issues, justice and status
Uniform Title
Social issues, justice and status series
Subject
  • Masculinity
  • Femininity
  • Sex role
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • sex role
  • Geschlechterforschung
  • Geschlechterstereotyp
  • Geschlechterrolle Motiv
  • Männlichkeit
  • Weiblichkeit
  • Sozialpsychologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Masculinities and femininities : student-teachers' changing perceptions of gender advantages and disadvantages in the New Zealand primary school environment / Penni Cushman and Jenny Clarke -- Who's bad? The performance of Black masculinity in Michael Jackson's "Bad" video / Cassandra Chaney and Bea Gyimah -- Under the watchful eye : masculinity among Latino men in the wake of Arizona SB 1070 / Andrew S. Walters and Ivan Valenzuela -- Masculinity globally : advertising-based observations from China and India / James W. Gentry, Himadri Roy Chaudhuri and Jie Gao Fowler -- Mulan and western military mothers : the warrior myth of equality / Nancy Taber -- Masculinity and health : a comparison between the gendered attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of Latino and Caucasian men / Julie Gast and Terry Peak -- Distributive and procedural justice in Korean and Malaysia : a test of gender and culture moderation effect / Jong-Wook Kwon -- How to measure gender myths : a practical tool for gender-sensitive research in experimental psychology / Anna Lindqvist -- The influence of perceived masculinity upon college male health promotion efforts : the 'go on, touch yourself' campaign promoting testicular self-examination / Michael J. Rovito, Kathy E. Vazquez and Levani Odikadze.
ISBN
  • 9781624171857
  • 1624171850
  • 9781624171864 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2012040496
  • 40022115265
OCLC
  • ocn816317178
  • 816317178
  • SCSB-1680804
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library