America's Angry White Men
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On November 5th, renowned sociologist Michael Kimmel released his latest book, Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era. To purchase the book, click here. According to the New York Times Book Review, "Kimmel is unusually adventurous for an academic... Kimmel maintains a delicate balance when handling his sources..."
Angry White Men, according to Booklist, "delivers... a lively, frequently scary look at a group of people who are trying, ever more desperately, to hang onto a world that no longer exists." Kimmel, one of the leading writers on men and masculinity in the world today, has spent hundreds of hours in the company of America's angry white men — from white supremacists to men's rights activists to young students. Angry White Men presents a comprehensive diagnosis of their fears, anxieties, and rage.
Kimmel locates this increase in anger in the seismic economic, social and political shifts that have so transformed the American landscape. Downward mobility, increased racial and gender equality, and a tenacious clinging to an anachronistic ideology of masculinity has left many men feeling betrayed and bewildered. Raised to expect unparalleled social and economic privilege, white men are suffering today from what Kimmel calls "aggrieved entitlement": a sense that those benefits that white men believed were their due have been snatched away from them.
The future of America is more inclusive and diverse. The choice for angry white men is not whether or not they can stem the tide of history: they cannot. Their choice is whether or not they will be dragged kicking and screaming into that inevitable future, or whether they will walk openly and honorably — far happier and healthier incidentally — alongside those they've spent so long trying to exclude.
The book is already receiving significant attention and has been positively reviewed by Kirkus Reviews: "Kimmel's writing is open and engaging, reminiscent of a conversation with friends in a bar... Another worthwhile examination of important issues affecting men and, by extension, everyone else, from an author known for his insight into the subject."
Michael Kimmel is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University in New York. An author or editor of more than twenty books, including Manhood in America, The Gendered Society, The History of Men, andGuyland, he lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
Gloria Steinem, the legendary feminist activist and author, says, "Angry White Men is a brave, sane, compassionate, and rescuing book." Martin Duberman, professor of history emeritus at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, says, "Michael Kimmel has written a comprehensive study of working and middle-class white men and described their collective grievances with insight and compassion. In regard to those among them who ally with the Far Right, he is equally insightful but justifiably more critical; his analysis of their misdirected rage at minorities and women is entirely persuasive."
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You can read an exclusive excerpt from the book at Salon.
For more information about the book, click here.
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