Debating Modern Masculinities [electronic resource] : Change, Continuity, Crisis? /
Roberts, S.editor.
Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The contributors deconstruct and reject such crisis talk, with its chapters drawing on original research to present a more nuanced reality, whilst also developing a critical dialogue with one another.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents ; 1 Introduction: Masculinities in Crisis? Opening the Debate; 2 The Limits of Masculinity: Boys, Taste and Cultural Consumption; 3 Degrees of Masculinity: Working and Middle-Class Undergraduate Students' Constructions of Masculine Identities; 4 'We're Different from Everyone Else': Contradictory Working-Class Masculinities in Contemporary Britain; 5 Oppression, Acceptance or Civil Indifference? Middle-Aged Gay Men's Accounts of 'Heterospaces'; 6 Brothers of Metal! Heavy Metal Masculinities, Moshpit Practices and Homosociality
7 Straight Guys Do Wear Make-Up: Contemporary Masculinities and Investment in Appearance8 Theorising Masculinities in Contemporary Britain
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The contributors deconstruct and reject such crisis talk, with its chapters drawing on original research to present a more nuanced reality, whilst also developing a critical dialogue with one another.
Human body—Social aspects.
Sociology.
Culture.
Social sciences.
Cultural studies.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Sociology of the Body.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Cultural Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.