Manhood Impossible : : Men's Struggles to Control and Transform their Bodies and Work / / Scott Melzer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Melzer, Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: The Manhood Dilemma --; Part I: The Body Dilemma --; Part II: The Breadwinner Dilemma --; Part III: The Future of the Manhood Dilemma --; Appendix: Studying Men and Manhood --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780813584928; 9783110666083
• DOI: 10.36019/9780813584928?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Scott Melzer.

In Manhood Impossible, Scott Melzer argues that boys' and men's bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated and controlled is most connected to men's bodies and work. However, no man can live up to these culturally ascendant ideals of manhood. The strategies men use to manage unmet expectations often prove toxic, not only for men themselves, but also for other men, women, and society. Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men's struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man.