Across Europe we are witnessing a series of events that are drawing upon representations of men and masculinity that are rupturing the social fabric of everyday life. For example, media reports of social unrest, misogynous hate crime, religious extremism, drug trafficking and political Far Right mob
Debating Modern Masculinities: Change, Continuity, Crisis?
β Scribed by Steven Roberts (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 157
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Masculinities in Crisis? Opening the Debate....Pages 1-16
The Limits of Masculinity: Boys, Taste and Cultural Consumption....Pages 17-34
Degrees of Masculinity: Working and Middle-Class Undergraduate Studentsβ Constructions of Masculine Identities....Pages 35-51
βWeβre Different from Everyone Elseβ: Contradictory Working-Class Masculinities in Contemporary Britain....Pages 52-69
Oppression, Acceptance or Civil Indifference? Middle-Aged Gay Menβs Accounts of βHeterospacesβ....Pages 70-87
Brothers of Metal! Heavy Metal Masculinities, Moshpit Practices and Homosociality....Pages 88-105
Straight Guys Do Wear Make-Up: Contemporary Masculinities and Investment in Appearance....Pages 106-124
Theorising Masculinities in Contemporary Britain....Pages 125-144
β¦ Subjects
Sociology of the Body; Gender Studies; Sociology of Culture; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Cultural Studies; Regional and Cultural Studies
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