Mask Off - Masculinity Redefined Book
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What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'.
In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions, music and sport, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood, debunking popular myths along the way.
He explores how LGBTQ men, men of colour, and male refugees experience masculinity in diverse ways, revealing its fluidity, how it's strengthened and weakened by different political contexts, such as the patriarchy or the far-right, and perceived differently by those around them.
At the heart of love and sex, the political stage, competitive sports, gang culture, and mental health issues, lies masculinity: Mask Off is an urgent call to unravel masculinity and redefine it.
'Incisive, engaging, powerfully vulnerable, JJ Bola has given us an urgent and compelling examination of one of society's most pressing subjects'
Musa Okwonga
'Male privilege, male violence, love, sex and mental health - there is nowhere JJ Bola refuses to go'
Benjamin Zephaniah
'An uncompromising, heartfelt and completely vital interrogation of this thing we call masculinity'
Jeffrey Boakye, author of
'Holds men accountable for the ways in which we have benefited from male privilege, but also liberates us from its violently toxic demands'
David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham
| Author | JJ Bola |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages |
128 |
| ISBN |
9780745338743 |
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