{"product_id":"the-nature-of-masculinity-9780774833295","title":"The Nature of Masculinity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarnessing the strengths of social theory and new materialisms, this book advances a new critical theory of masculinity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all of the advances in writing and thinking on men and masculinity, there is often a dramatic paucity of engagement with thinking theoretically through the most fundamental and crucial concepts of the field. It is this type of deep theoretical engagement that is crucial for scholars in this field to continue working through. Unafraid of a challenge, Garlick has pushed the field to think with new scholars and theories, a difficult and necessary thrust that we all can benefit from. -- Frank G. Karioris, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan * Men and Masculinities *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Masculinity should be of interest to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheoretically informed gender studies scholars and graduate students, particularly those in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Humanities and social sciences who wish to see theoreticians wh\u003c\/p\u003e -- Todd W. Reeser, University of Pittsburg * International Journal for Masculinity Studies *\u003cbr\u003eGarlick’s posthumanist approach is interesting as he incorporates contemporary feminist and posthumanist theory, thereby possibly reopening a relatively forgotten dimension of masculinity studies as he extends masculine gender relations in connection to nature, technology and the non-human … Garlick’s approach also opens up for an extended view on what masculinity politics could mean both in terms of regressive and progressive change.” -- Ulf Mellström, editor in chief * NORMA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Nature of Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Social Theory, Masculinity, and New Materialisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Technologies of Embodiment: Toward a New Critical Theory of Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Autoerotic Bodies: Biopolitics, Masculinity, and Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Pornographic Bodies: Affect, Masculinity, and Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Violent Bodies: Complexity and the Spectacle of Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Work of Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404935176535,"sku":"9780774833295","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774833295.jpg?v=1730488110","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nature-of-masculinity-9780774833295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}