The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

Author(s): bell hooks

Gender Studies

With the courage, honesty, and compassion that have made her one of America's most provocative authorities on modern culture, bell hooks takes on the interior lives of men and answers their most intimate questions about love. Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. In this groundbreaking book, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are -- whatever their age, ethnicity, or cultural persuasion. Written in response to the author's in-depth discussions with men who were inspired by her trilogy, All About Love, Salvation, and Communion, bell hooks's The Will to Change addresses maleness and masculinity in new and challenging ways. With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks answers the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves. Only through this liberation will they lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. Men can access these feelings by giving themselves permission to be vulnerable. As they grow more comfortable and start believing that it's okay to feel, to need, and to desire, they will thrive as equal partners in their intimate relationships. Whether they are straight or gay, black or white, The Will to Change helps men to reclaim the best part of themselves.

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bell hooks divides her time amongst teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world. The author of more than sixteen books, she is a distinguished professor of English at City College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780743456081
  • : Washington Square Press
  • : Washington Square Press
  • : 0.189
  • : September 2004
  • : 203mm X 127mm X 12mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : black & white illustrations
  • : 208
  • : Paperback
  • : bell hooks