Studying men and masculinities / David Buchbinder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchbinder, David, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men.

Masculinity.

Patriarchy.

Men's studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The late-20th-century anxiety about a 'crisis in masculinity' still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures. This title provides a comprehensive introduction to masculinities studies.

The late-twentieth-century anxiety about a 'crisis in masculinity' still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures. Studying Men and Masculinities offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of masculinity. Drawing on a wide range of cultural practices and texts from different genres and media, David Buchbinder examines the notion of patriarchy and the challenges to patriarchal power, including queer theory. The book considers whether crisis may in fact be built into the very structure of the masculine, and examines emergent masculinities post-9/11. Theoretical positions within the field are clearly explained and applied to real life case studies from literature, film, and television. Interspersed in each chapter are a series of questions and tasks aimed at encouraging the reader to engage her/himself in the study of masculinities in everyday life and popular culture. This topical and thought-provoking book will be an invaluable resource for students of masculinities studies, sexuality studies, cultural studies, and gender theory. The late-twentieth-century anxiety about a 'crisis in masculinity' still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures. Studying Men and Masculinities offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of masculinity. Drawing on a wide range of cultural practices and texts from different genres and media, David Buchbinder examines the notion of patriarchy and the challenges to patriarchal power, including queer theory. The book considers whether crisis may in fact be built into the very structure of the masculine, and examines emergent masculinities post-9/11. Theoretical positions within the field are clearly explained and applied to real life case studies from literature, film, and television. Interspersed in each chapter are a series of questions and tasks aimed at encouraging the reader to engage her/himself in the study of masculinities in everyday life and popular culture. This topical and thought-provoking book will be an invaluable resource for students of masculinities studies, sexuality studies, cultural studies, and gender theory.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

The end of masculinity?

Thinking (through) gender

Doing/undoing gender

Regarding patriarchy

Troubling patriarchy

(Em)bodying masculinity

Post-apocalyptic masculinities

Endnotes

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-194) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-97499-7

1-283-70987-2

0-203-85222-2

1-136-97500-4

9780203852224

OCLC:

817891867