Men In The Public Eye

Domination of the public domain by men is well-established, yet their prominence is often ignored in social and political analyses. "Men in the Public Eye" examines the problems of "public men" within "public patriarchies." The contributors address two central questions: why and how men dominate in the public worlds of work, politics, and culture; and how these public worlds construct public men and public masculinities in different and changing ways.
These questions are examined by focusing on the years 1870-1920, a period of massive growth and transformation in the power of the public domain. The past and present are compared, revealing why men's domination in and of the public domain has been a vital feature of gender relations in patriarchy, both in public and private domains.
Interdisciplinary in approach, "Men in the Public Eye" is of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and academics in gender studies, women's studies, and history.

Men in the Public Eye reveals why men's domination in and of the public sphere is a vital feature of gender relations in patriarchy. It also shows how public domains dominate private domains, contributing to the intensification of public patriarchies. Jeff Hearn explores these important issues by focusing on the period 1870-1920, when there was massive growth and transformation in the power of the public domains. He demonstrates that these historical debates and dilemmas are still relevant today as men search for new, postmodern forms of masculinities.

Foreword Pluralizing perspectives: the present and the past 1 Introduction: the problem of public men PART 1 FROM THE MALESTREAM TO PUBLIC PATRIARCHIES 2 Public men in the malestream 3 Patriarchy, public patriarchy, and related critiques 4 Public patriarchy: some initial implications for men and masculinities 5 Public patriarchies, public men, public domains, and public masculinities PART 2 PUBLIC MEN IN PUBLIC PATRIARCHIES 6 Public men as social relations 7 Organizations of men (1): size, structures, and hierarchies 8 Organizations of men (2): processes, sexualities, and images 9 Public men as persons: selves, psyches, and senses, Afterword Beyond public men?

Jeff Hearn is Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Bradford.