The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

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With the courage, honesty, and compassion that have made her one of America's most provocative authorities on modern culture, bell hooks takes on the interior lives of men and answers their most intimate questions about love. Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. In this groundbreaking book, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are -- whatever their age, ethnicity, or cultural persuasion. Written in response to the author's in-depth discussions with men who were inspired by her trilogy, All About Love, Salvation, and Communion, bell hooks's The Will to Change addresses maleness and masculinity in new and challenging ways. With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks answers the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in t... Content: Cover Dedication Epigraph Preface Chapter 1: Wanted: Men Who Love Chapter 2: Understanding Patriarchy Chapter 3: Being a Boy Chapter 4: Stopping Male Violence Chapter 5: Male Sexual Being Chapter 6: Work: What's Love Got to Do with It? Chapter 7: Feminist Manhood Chapter 8: Popular Culture: Media Masculinity Chapter 9: Healing Male Spirit Chapter 10: Reclaiming Male Integrity Chapter 11: Loving Men Copyright