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Praeger Guide to the Psychology of Gender
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 78.00When we examine the field of gender psychology closely, we note that much of what the popular media tells us about women and men does not hold up to research scrutiny. This handbook helps to replace media stereotypes and myths with realities and shows us that there are more similarities between the sexes than differences. The contributors to this handbook... more...
Man and Woman
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 20.99The saga of sex differences in brain and behavior begins with a tiny sperm swimming toward a huge egg, to contribute its tiny Y chromosome plus its copies of the other chromosomes. Genetic, anatomic and physiologic alterations in the male ensue, making his brain and behavior different in specific respects from his sister. Brain-wise, specific cell... more...
Boy Culture
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 165.00Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia spans the breadth of the country and the full scope of a pivotal growing-up time to show what "a boy's life" is really like today. With hundreds of entries across two volumes, it offers a series of vivid snapshots of boys of all kinds and ages at home, school, and at play; interacting with family or knocking around with... more...
Invisible Men
Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 26.99Award-winning research psychologist Michael E. Addis identifies and provides answers surrounding the long-unspoken epidemic of silence and vulnerability in men Drawing on scientific research, as well as his own personal and clinical experience, award-winning research psychologist Michael E. Addis describes in this book an epidemic of personal,... more...
Dialogues on Sexuality, Gender and Psychoanalysis
Karnac Books 2004; US$ 27.95This rich and inspiring collection of papers grew from the 2002 COWAP "Sexuality and Gender" conference. A number of leading analysts explore contemporary theories on femininity, sexuality and gender, demonstrating the diversity and development currently moving this field towards a new understanding. more...
The Essential Difference
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not Available'The Essential Difference' shows that, on average, male and female minds are of a slightly different character. Men tend to be better at analysing systems (better systemisers), while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers). more...
The New Arab Man
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 75.00Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. The New Arab Man challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research... more...
Embodying Latino Masculinities
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00Through explorations of six cases taken from various Latino ethnic groups, this book advances our understanding about meanings of Latino manhood and masculinities. The studies range from theatre and literature to men's activism and sports, showing how masculinities are embodied and performed. more...
Masculinities, Care and Equality
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00This 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. more...
Nothing's Wrong
Red Wheel Weiser 2003; US$ 14.95Too many guys of all ages have only about half the information they need to live successful professional and personal lives. Most men are terrific with their thinking half--the part that deals with facts, figures, and information. Nothing's Wrong helps men find the half that's missing--the emotional half. Men have long been conditioned to conceal... more...









