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Wronged and Dangerous

Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic

Karen Lee Ashcraft (University of Colorado Boulder)

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English
Bristol University Press
01 November 2022
Is populism fueled by a feeling of manhood under attack? If gender is its driving force, are there better ways to respond?

COVID-19 delivers a stark warning: the global surge of populism endangers public health. Wronged and Dangerous introduces “viral masculinity” as a novel way to meet that threat by tackling the deep connection of our social and physical worlds. It calls us to ask not what populism says, but how it spreads.

Leading with gender without leaving socioeconomic forces behind, it upends prevailing wisdom about populist politics today. You do not need to know or care about gender to get invested. You only need to be concerned with our future.

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Imprint:   Bristol University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781529221398
ISBN 10:   1529221390
Pages:   264
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Karen Lee Ashcraft is Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. She grew up in the lap of evangelical populism, and her research examines how gender interacts with race, class, sexuality, and more to shape organizational and cultural politics.

Reviews for Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic

"""Toxic masculinity is pervasive in contemporary politics and Ashcraft offers the best analysis to date. Wronged and Dangerous is also a sensitive engagement in the troubled politics of belonging, resentment, and anger."" Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University ""At once personal, searching, and accessible, and often funny, Ashcraft's gender analysis charts a humane path forward through the political storms of wounded masculinity."" John Durham Peters, Yale University ""A unique, passionate reading of the entanglement of gender and New Populism, explaining how the infectious passion of aggrieved masculinity goes viral because it runs on a gender binary code."" Silvia Gherardi, University of Trento ""Ashcraft's examination of the relationship of gender and class in our political moment is both urgent and brilliant. It is easily one of the best books on populism in recent years."" Joseph Lowndes, University of Oregon ""Ashcraft's persuasive account of how unhappy masculinities form the bedrock of right-wing populism provides cause for concern: misogynistic dragons we thought had been slain are now rousing. Aimed at an intelligent, general readership, it is a manifesto and call to action; intellectually rigorous, compassionate, thought-provoking and an excellent read. Its ideas should become part of our everyday conversations."" Nancy Harding, University of Bath"


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