notes from an ongoing investigation Kipnis, Laura. creator text nyu 2014 First edition. monographic eng

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x, 208 pages ; 22 cm "It's no secret that men often behave in mystifying ways, but in recent years we've witnessed so many spectacular public displays of male excess--indecent politicians, sleazy academics, philandering sports stars--that we're left to wonder whether something has come unwired in the collective male psyche. In the essays collected here, Kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years: the scumbag, the con man, the critic, the obsessive, cheaters, and many others. Examining men who have figured in her own life alongside the more notorious public examples, she draws out the masculine angst and sexual contradictions implicit in the erratic conduct of each. Far from the reactions of condescension and scorn that habitually greet such characters, Kipnis finds that they provoke in her complicated forms of sympathy and identification. Pushing past the usual cliche about differences between the sexes, Kipnis mixes intellectual rigor and careful analysis to give us an honest and compelling survey of the affinities, jealousies, longings, and erotics that structure the male-female bond"-- Laura Kipnis. Men Psychology Men Identity Masculinity Man-woman relationships SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays HQ1090 .K575 2014 155.3/32 SOC032000 SOC041000 9781627791878 (hardback) 9781627791885 (electronic book) 2014011058 http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/878/9781627791878/image/lgcover.9781627791878.jpg http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/878/9781627791878/image/lgcover.9781627791878.jpg DLC 140331 20210621182210.0 18087844 PUL