Karen Lee Ashcraft discusses & signs Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the Populist Pandemic
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Jan 19, 2023 6:30pm - 8pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Around the world, populism, extremism, and supremacy crimes like US mass shootings are on the rise. Ever wonder what they have in common? The through line is aggrieved manhood, a seething sense that masculinity is under attack and must be restored. Wronged and Dangerous reframes this feeling, from political position to public health problem. It traces how the feeling has gone viral—literally—and suggests what can be done about it. No matter your gender, you have a stake in this story of our common future.
Author Karen Lee Ashcraft is Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. She grew up in the lap of white evangelical populism and her research examines how gender interacts with race, class, sexuality, and more to shape organizational and cultural politics.
