There are a few circular arguments and some repetition, but Kimbrell does seem to arrive at solutions that bolster men...
Kimbrell's prescription for the "grim condition of the American male" involves what he calls a gender revolution, one based on the rediscovery of masculinity as "a primal generative and creative force."
A public-interest attorney and environmental activist, Kimbrell offers sound analysis and remedies for some of the social ills that impact on the fears, confusions, and personal problems of men. He finds their origin in the Industrial Revolution, when individual family units were displaced from the land and self-sustaining farmers were turned into wage earners and city dwellers. The loss of independence was accompanied by a loss of both pride and a sense of responsibility. The ensuing glorification of competition and the profit-driven notion of "success," coupled with the reality of the mass of men being relegated to menial jobs and repetitive factory labor, is manifest in a wide range of ongoing and often increasing male-oriented problems, from violence and depression to heart attacks and sexual dysfunction. Kimbrell disagrees that the so-called masculine traits of aggression, selfishness, and insensitivity are the "inevitable result of biology." Masculinity itself has to be "recreated" in the public consciousness as a quality that stresses cooperation, efficiency, stewardship of the planet, and the nurturing of others. The goals and strategies of the male communityhis Manifesto for Men should include a national "father policy" that erases fatherlessness by fighting for "profather" restructuring in the courts, on the job, in the welfare system, and throughout the government bureaucracy. Mentoring programs should direct men in actively aiding one another and their families, but also in seeing to the welfare of the unemployed, disabled veterans, minority males, men in prison, and the homeless.
There are a few circular arguments and some repetition, but Kimbrell does seem to arrive at solutions that bolster men without having to denigrate women.Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1995
ISBN: 0-345-38658-2
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Ballantine
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1995
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Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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