Exploring Masculinities

Feminist Legal Theory Reflections

Martha Albertson Fineman, Michael Thomson

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English

Routledge
21 November 2013

Philosophy; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology; Law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Social law

Series: Gender in Law, Culture, and Society

While masculinities theory has had much to say on relationships of subordination, few feminist legal scholars have examined the implications of masculinities theory for feminist legal theory. This volume investigates the ways in which emerging masculinities theory in law could inform feminist legal theory in particular and law in general. As many of the chapters in this collection illustrate, law is constantly in a dynamic interaction with masculinities: it has both influenced existing masculinities and has been influenced by those masculinities. The contributions focus feminist and critical theoretical attention on masculinities and consider the implications of masculinities theory for law and legal theory. The book sets out the theoretical trajectory of masculinities studies as a field and its application in law and uses insights from a masculinities approach to study socio-political construction of gender identities in specific settings. It also explores how understanding historical construction of gender identities can inform more effective public policy and activism.

Written by leading experts in the area, the book poses important questions about the development of the relationship between feminisms and masculinities theory and will be essential reading for those working in law and gender and related areas.

Edited by: Martha Albertson Fineman, Michael Thomson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9781472415127
ISBN 10: 1472415124
Series: Gender in Law, Culture, and Society
Pages: 414
Publication Date: 21 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Tables, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, Part I Feminist Legal Theory and Masculinities and Law, Part II Deconstructing Masculinities in Location, Part III Confronting Law, Part IV Education, Part V Work, Part VI Family, Bibliography, Index

Martha Albertson Fineman is a Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University and an internationally recognized law and society scholar and a leading authority on family law and feminist jurisprudence. Fineman is founder and director of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, which was inaugurated in 1984 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and also directs Emory's Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative. She is the author of numerous books and dozens of book chapters and scholarly papers focusing on gender equality, the legal regulation of intimacy and the law's response to dependency and vulnerability. Fineman is also editor and contributor to a dozen collections arising from the FLT Project, including At the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory (Routledge 1991, reissued 2013), which was the first anthology of feminist legal theory. Michael Thomson is Professor of Law at the University of Leeds, UK. His research interests include Health Law, Law and Gender, and Legal Humanities. Much of his work has focused on the regulation of reproductive and sexed bodies and what this can tell us of the relationship between law and gender. He is the author of Reproducing Narrative: Gender, Reproduction and Law (Dartmouth, 1998) and Endowed: Regulating the Male Sexed Body (Routledge, 2008), He also edited, with Sally Sheldon, Feminist Perspectives on Healthcare Law (Cavendish, 1998). Martha Albertson Fineman, Michael Thomson, Nancy E. Dowd, Roja Fazaeli, Camille A. Nelson, Frank Rudy Cooper, Marie Fox, Chris Beasley, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Naomi Cahn, Dina Haynes, Jamie R. Abrams, Juliet A. Williams, David S. Cohen, Leticia M. Saucedo, Maria Cristina Morales, Richard Collier, Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Clifford J. Rosky.

Reviews for Exploring Masculinities: Feminist Legal Theory Reflections

'Whether discussing specific institutions, or geographic locations, or exploring thorny theoretical problems, the authors in this volume range widely and probe deeply to situate masculinity in current legal conversations. Exploring Masculinities is more than useful ; it's necessary.' Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook University and Director, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, USA This volume of essays provides a rich diet of research and scholarship exploring the complex interweaving of masculinities and law. Through both a wide variety of substantive case studies and critical perspectives, the essays collected here offer an invaluable snapshot of current debates and perspectives. The interdisciplinary perspectives and multijurisdictional inquiries make this volume of interest to a wide range of scholars, researchers and activists. Leslie J. Moran, University of London, UK