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  • Mask Off

  • Masculinity Redefined (Outspoken by Pluto)
  • By: JJ Bola
  • Narrated by: Eloka Ivo
  • Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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By: JJ Bola
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What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, with deadly gun violence, male suicide rates and incels on Reddit, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'.

In this audiobook, beautifully narrated by the author, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions, music and sport, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood, debunking popular myths along the way. He explores how LGBTQ men, men of colour, and male refugees experience masculinity in diverse ways, revealing its fluidity, how it's strengthened and weakened by different political contexts, such as the patriarchy or the far-right, and perceived differently by those around them.

At the heart of love and sex, the political stage, competitive sports, gang culture, and mental health issues, lies masculinity: Mask Off is an urgent call to unravel masculinity and redefine it.
©2019 JJ Bola (P)2022 Pluto Press
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  • Categories: LGBTQ+
Gay Studies Lesbian Studies Violence in Society Mental Health
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Critic reviews

"An antidote to Jordan Peterson." (Guardian)

"An uncompromising, heartfelt and completely vital interrogation of this thing we call masculinity. Bubbling with new perspectives and major insights—this is the book about masculinity that we ALL need." (Jeffrey Boakye, author of 'Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored')

"A vital addition to books on masculinity. It is opening up conversations, whilst offering guidance towards joyful, emotional, non-violent masculinities." (Bad Form)

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An deeply heartfelt book that shows how men can be so much more

JJ Bola has written an important,well-researched, and deeply empathetic book about masculity. His central argument is that patriarchy, whilst primarily subjegating women, also traps men into a model of masculinity which is limiting, toxic, dangerous, and damaging to themselves. The expected masculinity is limiting and traps men into roles that have damaged so many people and cultures. Bola asks men to do more, to challenge sexist, homo/transphobia, and talk with other men to unpick the toxicity at the core of societal expectations. I'd particularly recommended this book for young men, for fathers to start conversations with their sons, and for men to guide them in escaping the straight-jacket of patriarchy. Passionate, well-written, and important.

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