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MYTHOPOETIC [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A movement aimed at freeing men from traditional views of the male character and role in society.

OBS

New Man: a man who rejects sexist attitudes, and aims to be caring, sensitive, non-aggressive.

OBS

A conscious contradistinction to the women's movement in the early seventies, renewed in the eighties and nineties through mythopoetic attempts to redefine the male role.

Key term(s)
  • new man

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

Mouvement organisé aux États-Unis en réaction aux tentatives féministes de définir le rôle des hommes dans la société (p. ex. les écrits de Naomi Wolf sur les types masculins alpha et bêta, et son rôle récent dans la redéfinition de l'image publique du candidat présidentiel A1 Gore, comme un «homme alpha»).

Key term(s)
  • homme alpha
  • mâle alpha
  • homme bêta
  • mâle bêta

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

Designating an approach of self-understanding by men in the US which employs activities such as story telling, poetry reading, and enactments of ritual. Also designating the approach, followers, and practices of the mythopoetic men's movement.

Key term(s)
  • mythopoetic men's movement
  • mythopoetic soul

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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