SWIP:  Society for Women in Philosophy

SWIP Suggested Readings on Masculinity
Compiled by Jo Trigilio
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Philosophy
Bentley College
jtrigilio@bentley.edu
Feb. 4. 1999

Beneke, Timothy. Proving Manhood : Reflections On Men And Sexism . Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.

Brod, Harry and Kaufman, Michael, eds.Theorizing Masculinities. Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, c1994.

Connell, Robert W.. Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1987.

Connell, Robert, Masculinities. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1995.

Digby, Tom. ed. Men Doing Feminism. New York: Routledge, 1998.

Gilmore, David. Manhood In The Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, c1990

Gonzalez, Ray, ed. Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood. New York: Anchor, 1996

Halberstam, Judith. Female Masculinity. Durham: Duke U. Press, 1998

Harris, Ian. Messages Men Hear: Constructing Masculinities. Bristol PA, Taylor and Francis, 1995.

Jardine, Alice and Smith Paul, ed. Men in Feminism. New York: Methuen, 1987

Kaufman, Michael, ed. Beyond Patriarchy: Essays by Men on Pleasure, Power, and Change. Toronto: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987

Kimmel and Messner, eds. Men's Lives. Needham: Allyn & Bacon, c1989.

May, Larry. Masculinity And Morality. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998.

Messner, Michael A. -Politics Of Masculinities: Men In Movements. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, c1997.

Messner, Michael A. Power at Play : Sports and The Problem of Masculinity. Boston: Beacon Press, c1992.

Messner, Michael A. & Sabo, Donald F. Sex, Violence & Power In Sports : Rethinking Masculinity. Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, c1994

Messner, Michael A. & Sabo, Donald F., editors. Sport, Men, And The Gender Order : Critical Feminist. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, c1990

Perchuk, Andrew and Posner, Helaine, eds. The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1995.

Pollack, William S. Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons From The Myths Of Boyhood. New York: Random House, c1998.

Stoltenberg, John. Refusing to Be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice. New York: Meridian, 1989

Stoltenberg, John. The End of Manhood : A Book For Men of Conscience. New York: Dutton, c1993


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