Men talk : stories in the making of masculinities / Jennifer Coates.
"Men Talk draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to answer these questions and illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Coates examines spontaneous conversations involving all-male groups, ranging from garage mechanics on...
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Format: | Ebook |
Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2003.
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Online Access: | Wiley Online Library |
Table of Contents:
- "We was playing naked football the other night" : introduction
- "Good story!" : the formal characteristics of male narrative
- "So I thought 'Bollocks to it'" : men, stories, and masculinities
- "Bad as my mate" : stories in sequence
- "She'd made sardines in aspic" : women's stories, men's stories, and the construction of gender
- "I'm quite good at Mexican food" : men's narratives in mixed conversation
- "Still in shock weren't you darling" : masculinity and the heterosexual couple
- "There are problems" : men's talk and contemporary masculinities.