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Society

Men and Myth

Remaking Men: The revolution in masculinity by David Tacey

Viking, $19.95 pb., 222 pp

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Whatever happened to the men’s movement? Was it only a few years ago that we all gathered in the Dandenongs to bang drums, fashion spears, and – I quote from a flier advertising one such event – hug all night in ‘greased cuddle piles’. Now the tribes of management consultants, computer programmers and, well, wimps have retreated from view (to the chagrin of stand-up comedians everywhere) and the copies of Iron John litter the twenty cent tables of the second-hand bookstores.

 


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Remaking Men: The revolution in masculinity by David Tacey

Viking, $19.95 pb., 222 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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