Masculinity

Explores many aspects of the masculinity concept, from imperial militarism to the author's own experiences as father, husband, and son. This title examines what it is to be male - from awkward, unsporty and even more awkward adolescent, to husband, father of a child and, apparently, New Man.

In "Masculinity", Robert Crawford elegantly explores many aspects of that troubling concept, from imperial militarism to his own experiences as father, husband, and son. By turn affectionate and amusing, painful and self-excoriating, Crawford wryly examines, sometimes in intimate detail, what it is to be male - from awkward, unsporty and even more awkward adolescent, to husband, father of a child and, apparently, New Man. Clever, accessible, very funny and chillingly accurate, "Masculinity" is a sparklingly original collection. Star Trek Epigrams Mr Sulu, set the controls To Economy Wash. We're about to venture Where no man has gone before. Kirk to enterprise: 'I'm going back to my cabin With a box of Kleenex. I want to experience the loneliness of Command'.