REQUIRED BOOKS:
1) Michael Kimmel and Michael Messner, Men’s Lives, 7th Edition (Allyn and Bacon, 2007)
2) Don Belton, ed. Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream (Boston: Beacon Press, 1995)
3) Matthew Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City, 10th Anniversary Edition (University of California Press, 2007)
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Tuesday 8/21: Introduction to Course
Thursday 8/23: Different Perspectives on Masculinities
-Kimmel and Messner, Men’s Lives, Introduction (p. xv-xxiii)
-Michael Kimmel, “Gender, Class and Terrorism” in Men’s Lives, (pp. 67-71)
Tuesday 8/28: Hegemonic Masculinities
-James Messerschmidt, “Varieties of “Real Men” in Men’s Lives (pp. 3-20)
-Steven Schacht, “Teaching About Being an Oppressor” (pp. 72-77)
Thursday 8/30: Non-Hegemonic Masculinities
-Yen Le Espiritu, “All Men Are Not Created Equal” (pp. 21-27)
-Michelle Fine et al., “(In)Secure Times: Constructing White Working Class Masculinities in the Late 20th Century” in Men’s Lives (pp. 54-65).
Tuesday 9/4: Making Boys into Men
C.J. Pascoe, “Dude, You’re a Fag”: Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse” in Men’s Lives (pp. 124-134)
Thursday 9/6:Making Boys into Men
-Paul Kivel, “The Act-Like-a-Man Box” in Men’s Lives (pp.148-150)
VIDEO: BOYS WILL BE MEN (1 hour)
Tuesday 9/11: Masculinities in College Campuses
-Rocco Capraro, “Why College Men Drink: Alcohol, Adventure, and the Paradox of Masculinity” in Men’s Lives (pp.182-192)
Thursday 9/13: Masculinities at Work
-Christine Williams, “The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “Female Professions” in Men’s Lives (pp. 242-254)
Tuesday 9/18: Masculinities and Health
-Don Sabo, “Masculinities and Men’s Health: Moving toward Post-Superman Era Prevention” in Men’s Lives (pp. 287-297)
-Meika Loe, “Fixing Broken Masculinity: Viagra as a Technology for the Production of Gender and Sexuality” in Men’s Lives (pp. 391-396)
DUE: Paper Topic Due
Thursday 9/20: Masculinity in Men’s Friendships
-Karen Walker, “’I’m Not Friends the Way She’s Friends’: Ideological and Behavioral Constructions of Masculinity in Men’s Friendships” in Men’s Lives (pp. 325-336)
-Peter Nardi, “The Politics of Gay Men’s Friendships” in Men’s Lives (pp. 338-341)
Tuesday 9/25: Masculinities and Sexualities
-Michael Messner, “Becoming 100 Percent Straight” in Men’s Lives (pp. 361-366) & M. Rochin, “The Heterosexual Questionnaire” in Men’s Lives (p. 367)
-Davidson and Taylor, "Fantasy Islands: Exploring the Deamnd for Sex Tourism" (368-378)
DUE: Research Question
Video: You Don’t Know Dick
Thursday 9/27: Masculinities in the Media
Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs, “The Morality/Manhood Paradox: Masculinity, Sport and the Media” in Men’s Lives (pp.469-479)
-Michael Messner and Jeffrey Montez de Oca, “The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events” in Men’s Lives (pp. 484-495)
VIDEO: Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis of Masculinity
Tuesday 10/2: Masculinities in Sports
-David Nylund, “When in Rome: Heterosexism, Homophobia and Sports Talk Radio” in Men’s Lives (pp. 498-518)
-Eric Anderson, "Orthodox and Inclusive Masculinity: Competing Masculinities among Heterosexual Men in a Feminized Terrain" (208-220)
DUE: Paper Proposal Due (1-2 pgs)
Thursday 10/4: Masculinities, Military and Violence
Kirby Schroeder, "Hard Corps: How to End Sexual Assualt at Military Academies" (196-201)
-James Gilligan, “Culture, Gender, and Violence” in Men’s Lives (pp. 575-588)
Tuesday, 10/9: Masculinities and Gender Equality
-R.W. Connell “Change among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality in the Global Arena” in Men’s Lives (pp. 610-622)
-bell hooks, “Men: Comrades in Struggle” in Men’s Lives (pp. 626-634)
Distribute Midterm Exam
Thursday, 10/11 --No Class
Tuesday 10/16: African American Masculinities
-Shaun Harper, “The Measure of a Man” in Men’s Lives (pp. 41-52)
-Trey Ellis, “How Does it Feel to Be a Problem” in Speak My Name
VIDEO: I am a Man
Midterm Exam Due
Thursday, 10/18: African American Masculinities
-Randall Kenan, “Mr. Brown and the Sweet Science” in Speak My Name
-Dennis Williams, “ A Mighty Good Man” in Speak My Name
Tuesday 10/23: African American Masculinities
-William Henry Lewis, “Shades” in Speak My Name
-Clarence Major, “My Mother and Mitch” in Speak My Name
Thursday, 10/25: African American Masculinities
Video: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
(Listen to Director Byron Hurt)
DUE: Annotated Bibliography
Tuesday 10/30: African American Masculinities
-Derrick Bell,"The Sexual Diversion" in Speak My Name
-Don Belton, “Voodoo for Charles” in Speak My Name
-Quincy Trouppe, “Pain and Glory: Some Thoughts on My Father” in Speak My Name
Thursday 11/1 NO CLASS
Tuesday 11/6: Mexican Masculinities
Introduction and Chapter 1 in Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho (pp. 1-32)
Thursday 11/8: Mexican Masculinities
-Chapters 2-4 in Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho (pp. 33-110)
-Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, “Fathering Latina Sexualities: Mexican Men and the Virginity of Their Daughters” (pp. 433-445)
Tuesday 11/13: Mexican Masculinities
-Chapters 5-6 in Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho (pp.111-195)
Thursday 11/15 No Class
Thanksgiving Holiday 11/19-11/23
Tuesday 11/27: Mexican Masculinities
Chapters 7-8, in Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho (pp. 196-220)
Video: "Macho"
DUE: Draft of Research Paper
Thursday 11/29: Mexican Masculinities
Chapters 9-10, in Gutmann, The Meanings of Macho (pp. 221-263)
Tuesday 12/4: Class Summary
Clas Summary
Class Evaluations
Distribute Final Exam
Thursday 12/6: No Class
DUE: Final Paper
(Wilson Hall Rm. 111 before 5pm)
Final Examination Due
Tuesday, December 11, before 10pm
(Please send via e-mail,
word document only)