Abstract
Review of Liberating Masculinities
Highlights
Liberating Masculinities is the latest book from South African psychologist and scholar Kopano Ratele – one of the country’s most insightful commenters on questions of gender
He states quite early in the book that by exploring issues related to this theme, he hopes to advocate for critical engagements that will contribute towards the development of progressive models of manhood, and liberate men from dominant ideas and ideologies of masculinities
When working with and through theory, he constantly acknowledges how factors such as culture, economics and local and global politics play a role in shaping how men become men, as well as how men relate to other men, their societies and themselves
Summary
Liberating Masculinities is the latest book from South African psychologist and scholar Kopano Ratele – one of the country’s most insightful commenters on questions of gender. He states quite early in the book that by exploring issues related to this theme, he hopes to advocate for critical engagements that will contribute towards the development of progressive models of manhood, and liberate men from dominant ideas and ideologies of masculinities.
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