Revised edition of this manual edited by Tony Krebs and published in 1979 by Metrocenter YMCA Men’s Program Unit. 8vo (7” x 8.25”), printed wrappers, 50 pages, b/w photographs, six page bibliography at end. Accompanied by two signed typed letters from editor Tony Krebs to pioneering masculinity scholar Robert (Bob) Brannon of the Psychology Department, Brooklyn College (CUNY); a folded announcement for the Sixth National Conference on Men & Masculinity (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, October 1979); and a five-page offset reprint from Ms. magazine (February 1973) containing Warren Farrell's influential essay, "Guidelines for Consciousness-Raising."
An unusually complete documentary survival from the formative years of the American men's liberation movement. Produced by the socially progressive Metrocenter YMCA in Seattle, the manual provided practical guidance for organizing and facilitating men's consciousness-raising groups, addressing subjects including sexism, emotional openness, group process, and the reexamination of traditional masculine roles. Issued for workshop leaders rather than the commercial book trade, it reflects the movement's close relationship to second-wave feminism before the emergence of the later mythopoetic men's movement.
The accompanying correspondence elevates the present example well beyond an ordinary copy. In two signed letters, editor Tony Krebs discusses publication of the revised edition, production costs, distribution, and the growing national network of men's groups with psychologist Robert Brannon, whose scholarship helped establish masculinity studies as a distinct academic field. Brannon's pencil annotations throughout—including a revealing cover note observing, "Lots of good ideas, but I'd be happier with something I write myself, using (+ citing) this for more details," together with marginal comments and notations responding to the proposed group guidelines—document his active engagement with the text during the formative years of the discipline. Together with the conference mailer and Ms. magazine reprint, the archive preserves both the grassroots and scholarly dimensions of one of the most influential currents in the late-1970s men's liberation movement. Half-inch open tear to top corner of front wrapper and first two leaves. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities and ephemera; limited damp staining to one letter.
A scarce and historically resonant archive of early pro-feminist men's movement ephemera.
Revised edition of this manual edited by Tony Krebs and published in 1979 by Metrocenter YMCA Men’s Program Unit. 8vo (7” x 8.25”), printed wrappers, 50 pages, b/w photographs, six page bibliography at end. Accompanied by two signed typed letters from editor Tony Krebs to pioneering masculinity scholar Robert (Bob) Brannon of the Psychology Department, Brooklyn College (CUNY); a folded announcement for the Sixth National Conference on Men & Masculinity (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, October 1979); and a five-page offset reprint from Ms. magazine (February 1973) containing Warren Farrell's influential essay, "Guidelines for Consciousness-Raising."
An unusually complete documentary survival from the formative years of the American men's liberation movement. Produced by the socially progressive Metrocenter YMCA in Seattle, the manual provided practical guidance for organizing and facilitating men's consciousness-raising groups, addressing subjects including sexism, emotional openness, group process, and the reexamination of traditional masculine roles. Issued for workshop leaders rather than the commercial book trade, it reflects the movement's close relationship to second-wave feminism before the emergence of the later mythopoetic men's movement.
The accompanying correspondence elevates the present example well beyond an ordinary copy. In two signed letters, editor Tony Krebs discusses publication of the revised edition, production costs, distribution, and the growing national network of men's groups with psychologist Robert Brannon, whose scholarship helped establish masculinity studies as a distinct academic field. Brannon's pencil annotations throughout—including a revealing cover note observing, "Lots of good ideas, but I'd be happier with something I write myself, using (+ citing) this for more details," together with marginal comments and notations responding to the proposed group guidelines—document his active engagement with the text during the formative years of the discipline. Together with the conference mailer and Ms. magazine reprint, the archive preserves both the grassroots and scholarly dimensions of one of the most influential currents in the late-1970s men's liberation movement. Half-inch open tear to top corner of front wrapper and first two leaves. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities and ephemera; limited damp staining to one letter.
A scarce and historically resonant archive of early pro-feminist men's movement ephemera.
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