Stiffed. The Betrayal of Modern Man

Here, Faludi turns her attention to the so-called Angry Male politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, Stiffed goes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior—that it’s driven by chromosomes or hormones—to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood.

Softcover. English. Chatto & Windus. 1999. 662 pp. Fair/Good. Book No: 25037951