Man Enough : Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity Paperback - 1994
by Pittman, Frank
- Used
Psychiatrist and family therapist Frank Pittman explores what it is like to grow up male today. With poignancy, humor and candor, Dr. Pittman combines case studies, examples from literature and films, plus his own experience to examine issues of commitment, caring, and control for the father's of tomorrow's men.
Description
Details
- Title Man Enough : Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity
- Author Pittman, Frank
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date October 1, 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4112235-6
- ISBN 9780399518836 / 0399518835
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.16 x 0.86 in (20.27 x 13.11 x 2.18 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Library of Congress subjects Masculinity, Men - Psychology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94011093
- Dewey Decimal Code 155.332
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Summary
A man learns masculinity primarily from his father. But generations of boys who grow up without caring fathers or male mentors to emulate are left to guess what "men" are really like. They rely on cultural icons--larger-than-life images--as models of masculinity. As a result, they grow up mirroring overblown myths of manhood. Obsessed with being "man enough," they become philanderers, controllers, and competitors--constantly overcompensating for their loss of a true role model, yet sorely unprepared for family life.
In Man Enough, psychiatrist and family therapist Frank Pittman explores what it is like to grow up male today. With great poignancy, humor, and candor, he weaves together case studies from his practice, examples from literature and films, plus personal vignettes from his own experiences as a father to examine these hyper-masculine men and to illustrate how they developed and how they can change. Dr. Pittman asserts that men can move past proving their masculinity and start practicing it by striving with the other guys rather than against them, achieving equality and intimacy with their mates--and by fathering. A man raises himself as he raises children and learns to understand and forgive his parents as he becomes one.
An important book for men and women, Man Enough offers a new approach to issues of commitment, caring and control and creates a positive model for the fathers of tomorrow's men.
