Description
Book SynopsisMasculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective.
- Serves as a much-needed introduction to the field for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature, art, film, communication, history, and gender studies
- Includes discussions of gay/queer, feminist, and gender studies in relation to masculinity
- Covers the key theoretical approaches to the study of masculinity, and introduces new models
- Explores the question What is masculinity and how does it work?
- Looks at language, discourse, signification, power, cross-dressing, female, queer and transsexual masculinity, race and masculinity, nation and masculinity, interracial masculinities, and masculinities in history
Trade Review"Moreover, the book's clear, jargon-free language and logical train of thought make Masculinities in Theory a proper springboard for discussions in academic studies of masculinity." (Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies (HJEAS), 2012)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments.
Introduction: The Study of Masculinity.
1. Theorizing Masculinity.
2. Social Masculinity and Triangulation.
3. Sexing Masculinity.
4. Theorizing the Male Body.
5. Masculinity in Disguise.
6. Non-Male Masculinities.
7. Masculinity and Racialized Subjectivities.
8. Masculinity and the Nation.
9. Interracial Masculinities.
10. Unstable Time: Masculinity in History.
Index.
