Description
Men in the Public Eye reveals why men's domination in and of the public sphere is a vital feature of gender relations in patriarchy. It also shows how public domains dominate private domains, contributing to the intensification of public patriarchies. Jeff Hearn explores these important issues by focusing on the period 1870-1920, when there was massive growth and transformation in the power of the public domains. He demonstrates that these historical debates and dilemmas are still relevant today as men search for new, postmodern forms of masculinities.
Table of Contents
Foreword Pluralizing perspectives: the present and the past 1 Introduction: the problem of public men PART 1 FROM THE MALESTREAM TO PUBLIC PATRIARCHIES 2 Public men in the malestream 3 Patriarchy, public patriarchy, and related critiques 4 Public patriarchy: some initial implications for men and masculinities 5 Public patriarchies, public men, public domains, and public masculinities PART 2 PUBLIC MEN IN PUBLIC PATRIARCHIES 6 Public men as social relations 7 Organizations of men (1): size, structures, and hierarchies 8 Organizations of men (2): processes, sexualities, and images 9 Public men as persons: selves, psyches, and senses, Afterword Beyond public men?
