Angry White Men

Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era
Author Michael Kimmel
Country United States
Language English
Published 2013
Publisher Nation Books
Pages 320
ISBN 978-1-56858-696-0

Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era is a sociological critique of the angry white male phenomenon in America by Michael Kimmel, first published in 2013. The book was re-published in April of 2017 with a new preface by Kimmel that directly discusses President Donald Trump.[1]

Overview

Kimmel examines what he describes as the aggrieved entitlement of white men in early 21st-century American society. According to Kimmel, many white men, as members of a historically dominant group in America, have reacted to increases in social equality and the loss of economic advantage with overt anger and rage. Written from a liberal perspective, the book describes various manifestations of this anger, including domestic violence, shootings, involvement in white supremacist groups,[2] and the men's rights and fathers' rights movements.[3] Each chapter of the book discusses a different topic and population of men, including young men and violence, mens rights groups, mens violence toward women, the white working class, and white supremacist groups such as Neo-Nazis.[4]

Reception

Angry White Men has faced mixed reviews from the public. Sarah Sobieraj from Tufts University summed up that the book will "inspire robust debate in many undergraduate classrooms" but that it "will not, however, be popular with angry white men," noting that it is a "shame" that the men who are represented within the book are likely the men that will not want to read it.[5]

Gary Silverman from the Financial Times writes, "the angrier the white man, the more fascinated Kimmel tends to be," and calls the book a "missed opportunity."[6] In contrast, Zak Foste from Ohio State University "honors" Kimmel for his work interviewing so many men with whom he disagreed with on a fundamental level in order to write this book.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Conroy, J. Oliver (2017-02-27). "'Angry white men': the sociologist who studied Trump's base before Trump". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael Kimmel". Kirkus Reviews. 3 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Rosin, Hanna (22 November 2013). "Even Madder Men". The New York Times.
  4. 1 2 Foste, Zak (2014-10-15). "Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael Kimmel (review)". Journal of College Student Development. 55 (6): 633–635. doi:10.1353/csd.2014.0060. ISSN 1543-3382.
  5. ↑ Sobieraj, Sarah (May 30, 2014). "Book Review: Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era". SAGE Publications. 17, Issue 2: 223–225.
  6. ↑ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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