Book research...(So Far..)

1) Gilmore D 1990: Manhood in the making: Cultural concepts of masculinity.
New haven, CT and London: Yale university press.
"Men nuture their society by shedding their blood, their sweat and the semen."
Pg230.

2) Lewis G 1983: Real men like violence: Australian men, media and violence.
Kenthurst: Kangaroo press.
"Within certain limits, agreessive male behaviour is accepted as a normal part of everyday life."
Pg11.

3) Connelle R.W 1987: Gender and power.
Cambridge: Blackwell.
"With the gradually increasing pressure for gender equalilty, it seems, a market was created for representations of power in the arena men could still claim as distinctively their own, plain violence"
pg 215.

4) Jones M 1997: "Masculinity revisited" sociology review vol7 no3.
" The new lad epitomised the backlash against feminism and an increasingly politcally correct culture."
pg 98.

5) Kimmel M.S 1987: changing men : new directions in research on men and masculinity.
Newbury park, CA, Beverly hills, London, New Delhi: Sage.
"If anything the media act to reninforce already exisiting attitudes and values regarding women and violence. They do contribute, but only part of the problem."
Pg 212.

6) Burton G 1999: media and popular culture.
"representations are about stereotypes and that representations in the media are the visible side to ideology."
Pg84.

7) Bignell J 2004: An introduction to television studies.
" Fascination with consumer objects; because of their power o signify s signs of luxury, social power and sexual attractivness."
Pg 216

8) Mailer N 1966: Pretty notes on some sex in America.
"Masculinity is not something given to you, But sometimes you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honour"