Masculinities, Care and Equality Identity and Nurture in Men’s Lives
This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men c...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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Series: | Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of them as men and this book analyses how men confront this contradictory expectation |
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Physical Description: | XI, 260 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781137264879 |