Rhetoric of Masculinity

Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict

Rhetoric of Masculinity lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it bears on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict they experience when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly.

Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict experienced when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly. Even though the concept of masculine gender role stress/conflict has received substantial scholarly attention in psychology, social learning effects of masculinity as it plays out in media warrant further study given that representations offer audiences restrictive male gender roles that may contribute to toxic masculinity. Men and boys are taught to be self-sufficient, to act tough, to be muscular, heterosexual, and to use aggression to resolve conflicts. Such contexts provide restrictive images that can result in self harm and an inflexible social milieu. Scholars and students of communication, rhetoric, and gender studies will find this book particularly interesting.

Contributor: Ann Burnette (Contributions by), Jessica N. Cherry (Contributions by), Maria De Moya (Contributions by), Jessica J. Eckstein (Contributions by), Robert Mundy (Contributions by), Jennifer Jackson (Contributions by), Sakina Jangbar (Contributions by), Jesper Greve Kristensen (Contributions by), Anthony LaStrape (Contributions by), Katherine Mullé (Contributions by), Juan Mundel (Contributions by), Gabriel Parks (Contributions by), Jenna Pitchford-Hyde (Contributions by), Donnalyn Pompper (Contributions by), Nathian Rodriguez (Contributions by), Daniel Russo (Contributions by), Akira Sai (Contributions by), Jenni Simon (Contributions by), Taro Yamauchi (Contributions by), Donnalyn Pompper (Edited by), Marcia Clare Allison (Contributions by), ben Brandley (Contributions by), Mark Brooke (Contributions by), James Cariviou (Contributions by)

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