The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private15 reviews Susan Bordo Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000 The Male Body + Focus on the MALE About me: 21 year old male, university student. (sciences/pre med) I picked up this book some time ago while searching for books on a completely unrelated topic. It's become one of my absolute favorites. I've let at least 5 of my friends borrow it. (Or should I say I pushed it on them.) ...             We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity8 reviews bell hooks Routledge, 2003 Great Analysis of Black men! + A strong insight + interesting I have never reviewed online, despite my interest in Afro-American related books. However, I could not pass up an opportunity to encourage someone to purchase this book! I borrowed it from the library in an attempt to discover books which would be a potential addition to my own private library. Ms. ...             The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction29 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1990 Hard...but worth it. + An Introduction + Foucault + Somewhat wordy, but deserves consideration             Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)7 reviews Catherine Belsey Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Quite good, considering its length + Postunderstanding French linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's assertion that the relationship between a signifier (i.e., a word, symbol) and the signified (the phenomenon it describes) is arbitrary is the starting point for all forms of Poststructuralism. It reveals that language (and all signifying systems) actually ...             Orientalism70 reviews Edward W. Said Vintage, 1979 Intelligent and Poignant + A masterpiece about the origins of "knowledge"! This book is a great overview and as noted by many others, a true work of literary genius. Colonial subjects, such as Said himself, have a hard time placing themselves in the mess of Colonialism and the supposed Post-Colonial era we live in and this book aids in that coming to terms process. Said ...             Gender and the Politics of History1 review Joan Wallach Scott Columbia University Press, 1999 Foundational Work in Gender History Joan Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" is one of the landmark books in the field of gender history. What is gender history, you ask? To a large degree, that's a question this book is trying to answer. This book can be regarded as an explanation of *what* gender history is (as Scott ...             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison38 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)8 reviews Robert J. C. Young Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Political, Passionate, Engaging and Effective + Helpful book. + A brilliant book--it could change your life In the introduction the author tells us that "Postcolonialism is about turning the world upside down and looking at it from a different perspective, that is, from the perspective of the disenfranchised people, a majority of whom come from the developing world" (2). The author then proceeds to show ...             The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation Hayden White The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990 "[White] has clearly made significant advances in laying a foundation for a better understanding of the intricate interaction between narrative representation and what it purports to represent in both history and literature." -- American Historical Review.             Search for a Method3 reviews Jean-Paul Sartre Vintage, 1968 The Dawn of Marxist Existentialism + wonderfully evinced + This is the best and most concise intro to Sartre. As the quote on the cover suggests, this may very well be "the most important work of Sartre's to be translated since Being and Nothingness." To be sure, The Critique of Dialectical Reason may be also, or even The Family Idiot. But it must also be recalled that Search for a Method, while first ...             The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation Hayden White The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990 "[White] has clearly made significant advances in laying a foundation for a better understanding of the intricate interaction between narrative representation and what it purports to represent in both history and literature." -- American Historical Review.             Orientalism70 reviews Edward W. Said Vintage, 1979 Intelligent and Poignant + A masterpiece about the origins of "knowledge"! This book is a great overview and as noted by many others, a true work of literary genius. Colonial subjects, such as Said himself, have a hard time placing themselves in the mess of Colonialism and the supposed Post-Colonial era we live in and this book aids in that coming to terms process. Said ...             We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity8 reviews bell hooks Routledge, 2003 Great Analysis of Black men! + A strong insight + interesting I have never reviewed online, despite my interest in Afro-American related books. However, I could not pass up an opportunity to encourage someone to purchase this book! I borrowed it from the library in an attempt to discover books which would be a potential addition to my own private library. Ms. ...             The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private15 reviews Susan Bordo Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000 The Male Body + Focus on the MALE About me: 21 year old male, university student. (sciences/pre med) I picked up this book some time ago while searching for books on a completely unrelated topic. It's become one of my absolute favorites. I've let at least 5 of my friends borrow it. (Or should I say I pushed it on them.) ...             The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction29 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1990 Hard...but worth it. + An Introduction + Foucault + Somewhat wordy, but deserves consideration             Gender and the Politics of History1 review Joan Wallach Scott Columbia University Press, 1999 Foundational Work in Gender History Joan Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" is one of the landmark books in the field of gender history. What is gender history, you ask? To a large degree, that's a question this book is trying to answer. This book can be regarded as an explanation of *what* gender history is (as Scott ...             Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)8 reviews Robert J. C. Young Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Political, Passionate, Engaging and Effective + Helpful book. + A brilliant book--it could change your life In the introduction the author tells us that "Postcolonialism is about turning the world upside down and looking at it from a different perspective, that is, from the perspective of the disenfranchised people, a majority of whom come from the developing world" (2). The author then proceeds to show ...             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison38 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)7 reviews Catherine Belsey Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Quite good, considering its length + Postunderstanding French linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's assertion that the relationship between a signifier (i.e., a word, symbol) and the signified (the phenomenon it describes) is arbitrary is the starting point for all forms of Poststructuralism. It reveals that language (and all signifying systems) actually ...             Search for a Method3 reviews Jean-Paul Sartre Vintage, 1968 The Dawn of Marxist Existentialism + wonderfully evinced + This is the best and most concise intro to Sartre. As the quote on the cover suggests, this may very well be "the most important work of Sartre's to be translated since Being and Nothingness." To be sure, The Critique of Dialectical Reason may be also, or even The Family Idiot. But it must also be recalled that Search for a Method, while first ...