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Book SynopsisHarnessing the strengths of social theory and new materialisms, this book advances a new critical theory of masculinity.
Trade ReviewFor 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 *
The Nature of Masculinity should be of interest to
theoretically informed gender studies scholars and graduate students, particularly those in
the Humanities and social sciences who wish to see theoreticians wh
-- Todd W. Reeser, University of Pittsburg * International Journal for Masculinity Studies *
Garlick’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 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Nature of Masculinity
1 Social Theory, Masculinity, and New Materialisms
2 Technologies of Embodiment: Toward a New Critical Theory of Masculinity
3 Autoerotic Bodies: Biopolitics, Masculinity, and Nature
4 Pornographic Bodies: Affect, Masculinity, and Technology
5 Violent Bodies: Complexity and the Spectacle of Masculinity
6 The Work of Masculinity
References; Index
