Jackson Katz, Ph.D. is internationally renowned for his groundbreaking scholarship and activism on issues of gender and violence. He is the creator of the award-winning educational documentaries Tough Guise and Tough Guise 2, and is the author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help. He is featured in the films Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In. He blogs for The Huffington Post, and lectures widely in the U.S. and around the world on violence, media, and masculinities.
""Every presidential election is a 'masculinity contest, ' but
rarely have constituencies congealed in such a gendered way as in
2016. Jackson Katz's incisive analysis situates the gendered
vitriol in shifting global social and economic contexts, while
never losing sight of how individual candidates use gendered themes
to make their case. Keep this book next to the remote on election
night, mute the blathering pundits, and watch Katz's analysis
unfold.""--Michael Kimmel, author of 'Manhood in America and Angry
White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era'
""For years, scholar and activist Jackson Katz has been providing
crucial insights into the relationship between cultural
representations of manhood and the actual social and economic
circumstances of men's lives. In 'Man Enough?', Katz brings his
formidable critical skills to bear on contemporary American
politics and the US presidency, offering a fresh and fascinating
new take on the cultural politics of (white) manhood, with vivid
discussions of timely topics such as the Trump phenomenon, the
power of conservative talk radio, and the gender issues at play in
the response to ISIS. This is first-rate social and political
commentary.""--Sut Jhally, PhD, Professor of Communication, UMass
Amherst, Founder-Director, Media Education Foundation
""In 'Man Enough?' Jackson Katz builds on recent scholarly work
about how Americans conceive of the presidency, but his goal is to
push presidential studies toward a more explicit engagement with
the idea that the presidency is fundamentally a contest of American
manhood. Katz's book manages to be both intellectually exhilarating
and highly accessible even as it greatly advances our understanding
of presidential politics. It should be widely read by students,
scholars, pundits, and political junkies.""--Dr. Caroline Heldman,
Chair, Department of Politics, Occidental College, coeditor of
'Rethinking Madam President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White
House?'
""Katz looks at presidential elections with the provocative thesis
that they can be seen as 'competitions not only between divergent
political ideologies but also between two (or three) distinct
versions of masculinity.' Since 1972, conservatives have profited
from emphasizing a masculinity associated with white, middle-class
men, and painting liberals as softies only concerned with
'abortion, amnesty, and acid.' The author takes the reader through
the elections chronologically, focusing on instances when gender
stereotypes figured most prominently, either in reinforcing or
challenging patriarchal assumptions... He analyzes Trump's appeal
and Clinton's challenges in the current election as well...
Thoroughly researched and documented, this book illuminates the
intersection of gender, race, and politics.""
""Men who run for office aren't seen as 'playing the gender card, '
because culturally, men are the deck. But when women enter the
political arena they are always seen through the lens of their
gender. Jackson Katz's rigorous work destroys this fallacy. 'Man
Enough?' should be required reading for anyone interested in
examining how gender norms and racial/ethnic biases shape
definitions of leadership, not only in relation to the presidency
but in many other areas as well.""--Soraya Chemaly, media critic
and activist, and founder of The Speech Project"
"An elucidating, nuanced study of gender and feminist dynamics
perfect for our current political moment."
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