| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-321) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: on law and masculinity. The sociology of masculinity: a context. Theorising law and masculinity. Towards a study of law and masculinity: concluding remarks -- 2. Theorising masculinity and the family. 'Critical' family law. Defining the 'family'. Functionalism. The public/private dichotomy. Familialism: rethinking law, power and the family -- Conclusions: on method, masculinity and law -- 3. Law, sex and masculinity. The legal construction of homosexuality. The homosexual personage and the emergence of (hetero) masculinity in law. Scientific 'fact' and the legal problem of transsexualism. Sex, gender and marriage -- Conclusions: the sexual basis of hegemonic masculinity and marriage -- 4. 'Love without fear': representations of male heterosexuality in law. A context: sexuality and society. The legal construction of sexual intercourse. The social and legal construction of male sexuality. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Men -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Men. |
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Sex and law.
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Sex and law. |
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Critical legal studies.
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Critical legal studies. |
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Fathers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Fathers -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Fathers. |
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Masculinity.
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Masculinity. |
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Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Men. |
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Fathers. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Collier, Richard, 1961- Masculinity, law, and the family. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995 0415091942 (DLC) 94005591 (OCoLC)30363438 |
| ISBN |
0203305299 (electronic book) |
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9780203305294 (electronic book) |
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020342154X (electronic book) |
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9780203421543 (electronic book) |
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0415091942 (Cloth) |
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0415091950 (Paper) |
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