Description
Product ID: | 9780712610704 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Iron John |
Authors: | Author: Robert Bly |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | Gender studies: men and boys, Gender studies: men |
Description: | Select Guide Rating It is clear to men, Robert Bly writes, that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out. Drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend, "Iron John" searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be. Robert Bly writes that it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out, that a man can no longer depend on them. Iron John searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend. Robert Bly looks at the importance of the Wild Man (reminiscent of the Wild Woman in Women Who Run With the Wolves), who he compares to a Zen priest, a shaman or a woodman. |
Imprint Name: | Rider & Co |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2001-08-02 |