{"product_id":"cool-men-and-the-second-sex-paperback-1","title":"Cool Men and the Second Sex - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Fraiman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? In \u003ci\u003eCool Men and the Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with \"cool masculinity\" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccording to Fraiman, \"cool men\" rebel against a mainstream defined as \u003ci\u003ematernal\u003c\/i\u003e. Bad boys resist the authority of women and banish mothers to the realm of the uncool. As a result, despite their hipness--or because of it--these men too often feel free to ignore the insights of feminist thinkers. Through subtle close readings, Fraiman shows that even Gates, champion of black women's writing, and even queer theorists bent on undoing gender binaries, at times end up devaluing women in favor of men and masculinity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wide-ranging and fair-minded analysis, \u003ci\u003eCool Men\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledges the invaluable contributions of its subjects while also deciphering the gender codes and baring the contradictions implicit in their work. Affirming the legacy of second-wave feminist scholars and drawing as well on the intersectional work of third-wavers, \u003ci\u003eCool Men\u003c\/i\u003e helps to reinvent feminist critique for the twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Fraiman is professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her Columbia University Press publications include \u003ci\u003eExtreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eUnbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.96 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685328896221,"sku":"9780231129633","price":69.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/mWSERUQvSH9780231129633_1c5874de-d118-4652-aae2-8e31eb4aceed.webp?v=1774008411","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/cool-men-and-the-second-sex-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}