Men as Creators and Subjects Across Disciplines and Cultures

Edited By: Debra D. Andrist

£67.99

This second volume in the series crosses multiple world cultures, time, and disciplines to highlight men as both creators and subjects. A unique aspect is how gender issues are addressed and framed by contributors, emphasizing the need for a continued comparative focus.

Admittedly, since history has favored, or at least highlighted, male participation in nearly every culture and discipline, i.e., 1) the systematic inclusion of all sorts…

Admittedly, since history has favored, or at least highlighted, male participation in nearly every culture and discipline, i.e., 1) the systematic inclusion of all sorts of works by men in the “canons,” as well as of 2) amplified information about the historical efforts by men in the arts & life in general, in addition to 3) how men have been characterized in socio-cultural & artistic fields, this volume’s emphasis may seem unnecessary and/or repetitive. However, these emphases changed fairly dramatically by the mid-Twentieth Century, when womyns’ works and attention to the same began to be included systematically pretty much across the board, if slowly and very selectively. Yet, the nearly total absence and/or misrepresentation of those three aspects & associated details for centuries emphasize the need for continued focus and cross-foci on both genders, especially comparatively, if from one gender or the other’s perspective.

Debra D. Andrist, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Spanish and founding Chair of Foreign Languages at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas (TX), USA; department chair and Cullen Endowed Chair at the University of St Thomas, Houston, TX; Associate Professor at Baylor University, Waco, TX, and holds a BA from Fort Hays Kansas State University, USA in Sociology and Spanish; an MA from the University of Utah, USA in Spanish; a PhD from the State University of New York, Buffalo, USA in Spanish; and a Mellon post-doc from Rice University, Houston, TX. Among her scholarly and other volunteer activities, she has been president of international professional organizations as well as a museum docent. A sociologist who deals with gender and/or medicine in art & literature, her scholarly works include international presentations in more than 60 countries, as well as domestically in the U.S., major books as author and/or editor, and translations, articles, reviews, interviews, and movie guides.

Aritra Chakrabarty, Lorís Simon Salum, John Francis Burke, Enrique Mallen, Eduardo Cerdán, Samar Zahrawi, Haiqing Sun, Rose Mary Salum, Mary Jane DelaRosa-Burke, Jeanne Gillespie