Contemporary Masculinities in the UK and the US

Contemporary Masculinities in the UK and the US
Title Contemporary Masculinities in the UK and the US PDF eBook
Author Stefan Horlacher
Publisher Springer
Pages 250
Release 2017-07-26
Genre Social Science
ISBN 3319508202

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This book is about ways to understand masculinity as systemic and corporeal, structural and performative all at once. It argues that the tension between an understanding of “masculinity” in the singular and “masculinities” in the plural poses a problem that can better be understood in relation to a concomitant tension: between systems on the one hand, and bodies on the other - between abstract structures such as patriarchy, kinship or even language, and the various concrete forms taken by gendered, individuated corporeality. The contributions collected here investigate how masculinities become apparent, how they take shape and what systemic functions they have. What, they ask, are the relations between the abstract and corporeal, metaphorical and metonymic manifestations of masculinity? How are we to understand masculinity as a simultaneously systemic and corporeal, performative concept?

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture
Title Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture PDF eBook
Author Thomas Keith
Publisher Routledge
Pages 448
Release 2017-01-12
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1317595343

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Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.

Contemporary Masculinities

Contemporary Masculinities
Title Contemporary Masculinities PDF eBook
Author Brendan Gough
Publisher Palgrave Pivot
Pages 0
Release 2018-05-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9783319788180

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This book assesses the construction of masculinities in relation to appearance, embodiment and emotions by drawing on perspectives in psychology, sociology, gender studies and public health. Brendan Gough questions conventional assumptions about masculinity and men’s health and responds to recent trends in critical studies of masculinities which discuss ‘positive’ or ‘healthy’ masculine identities. The book showcases discursively inflected qualitative research using data sources where men’s own accounts are prioritised: in-depth interviews and online discussion forums. Chapters discuss men’s appearance concerns and activities and examine male mental health, focusing on vulnerability and its management. Current trends and key concepts, including intersectionality, inequalities and embodiment are also considered throughout. This book will appeal to students and academics within social sciences and humanities interested in gender issues in general and masculinity in particular.

Uncertain Masculinities

Uncertain Masculinities
Title Uncertain Masculinities PDF eBook
Author Mike O'Donnell
Publisher Routledge
Pages 217
Release 2002-11
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 1134741413

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This book takes a fascinating tour through the problems and opportunities facing teenage boys and young men, addressing one of the most important questions of our time: what does 'masculinity' mean today?

What is Masculinity?

What is Masculinity?
Title What is Masculinity? PDF eBook
Author J. Arnold
Publisher Springer
Pages 862
Release 2011-06-14
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0230307256

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Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'.

American Masculinities in Contemporary Documentary Film

American Masculinities in Contemporary Documentary Film
Title American Masculinities in Contemporary Documentary Film PDF eBook
Author Sara Martín
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 178
Release 2023-05-24
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1000875806

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Most documentaries deal with men, but what do they actually say about masculinity? In this groundbreaking volume Sara Martín analyses more than forty 21st-century documentaries to explore how they represent American men and masculinity. From Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s The Mask You Live In to Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, this volume explores sixteen different faces of American masculinity: the good man, the activist, the politician, the whistleblower, the criminal, the sexual abuser, the wrongly accused, the dependent man, the soldier, the capitalist, the adventurer, the sportsman, the architect, the photographer, the musician, and the writer. The collective portrait drawn by the documentaries discloses a firm critical stance against the contradictions inherent in patriarchy, which makes American men promises of empowerment it cannot fulfill. The filmmakers’ view of American masculinity emphasizes the vulnerability of disempowered men before the abuses of the patriarchal system run by hegemonic men and a loss of bearings about how to be a man after the impact of feminism, accompanied nonetheless by a celebration of resilient masculinity and of the good American man. Firmly positioning documentaries as an immensely flexible, relevant tool to understand 21st-century American men and masculinity, their past, present, and future, this book will interest students and scholars of film studies, documentary film, American cultural studies, gender, and masculinity.

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan
Title Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan PDF eBook
Author James E. Roberson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 248
Release 2005-06-29
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1134541627

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This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.