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From: Dolores Augustine <augustin@math.sunysb.edu>
List Editor: H-German Editor Jay Lockenour <jlockeno@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu>
Editor's Subject: QUERY: German masculinities
Author's Subject: QUERY: German masculinities
Date Written: Feb. 1, 2000
Date Posted: Wed, 01 Feb 2000 19:37:38 -0500

Dear colleagues,

I am working on a research project on the social history
of the engineering profession in the G.D.R., and would
like to concentrate a bit more on the gender aspect of
my study.  To this end, I would like to do some in-depth
reading in the area of gender studies.  I think I understand
the women's history dimension pretty well, but I'm now
struggling to understand masculinity, and would be grateful
for any suggestions for readings--not just on masculinity
and technology or masculinity and professions (though
those themes are naturally of interest, too)--but more
generally on masculinity.  Anything applicable to East
Germany is of interest.  Is there a literature on masculinity
for West Germany as well?  Even general theory of
masculinity would be helpful.


Dolores L. Augustine
St. John's University
New York

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