Gebundenes Buch

Global Masculinities

Interrogations and Reconstructions

Herausgeber: Kulkarni, Mangesh; Jain (Associate Editor), Rimjhim

Beschreibung

This volume interrogates the myriad practices and myth-making that underlie constructions of masculinities around the world. It will be indispensable to researchers interested in critical masculinity studies, women's studies, sociology, social anthropology, law, public policy, and political science.

Autor

Mangesh Kulkarni teaches political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, and has been an ICCR Chair Professor at universities in Vienna (2011) and Leipzig (2017). His publications include three edited volumes -Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory (2011), India in World Affairs (1999), Politics in Maharashtra (1995) - and A Terrorist of the Spirit (1992) - jointly translated Marathi poems of V. A. Dahake. He is an International Advisory Editor of the journal Men and Masculinities (New York), and a Founder Member of the Forum to Engage Men (New Delhi). He has received several academic awards including a Research Grant of the Rockefeller Archive Center (2004) and an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship of the European Commission (2009). Rimjhim Jain is a gender rights activist working with the Centre for Health and Social Justice, New Delhi, India. As Programme Manager in the men and gender equality team, she coordinates networks and projects for working with men in several Indian states. She is leading the rollout of the national campaign EkSaath to engage men and boys in changing gender discriminatory social norms, and manages the organisation's Resource Centre on masculinities and gender aimed at strengthening a global community of men's work practitioners. Earlier, she was a professional television and print news journalist and then a communications consultant in the social development sector. She has also co-authored media manuals for UN organisations on HIV/AIDS and child labour.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781138234710
• ISBN-10: 1138234710
• Artikelnr.: 56895449