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* What is 'masculinity'? Is 'masculinities' a more appropriate term?
* How are masculinities socially, culturally and historically shaped?
* How are particular masculinities created, enacted and represented in specific settings?
* How can masculinities best be researched and theorized?
Masculinities and Culture explores how 'masculinities', or ways of 'being a man', are anchored in time and place; the products of socio-historical and cultural circumstances. It examines the emergence of a masculinity fit for Empire in the mid to late nineteenth century and, by way of contrast, the more recent media-driven, commercial New Man and New Lad masculinity. The author considers some of the media discourses shaping masculinities today, and the formation of specific masculinities in specific settings (such as prisons, hospitals and schools) which both define, and in turn are defined by, strongly held conceptions of acceptable masculine behaviour. He concludes by reviewing a range of ways in which masculinities might be researched, from fieldwork and auto/biographical and life history approaches through to semiotics and the use of both film and literary texts. This lively text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates concerning masculinities as gendered constructions, along with the means of researching and theorizing them.
* How are masculinities socially, culturally and historically shaped?
* How are particular masculinities created, enacted and represented in specific settings?
* How can masculinities best be researched and theorized?
Masculinities and Culture explores how 'masculinities', or ways of 'being a man', are anchored in time and place; the products of socio-historical and cultural circumstances. It examines the emergence of a masculinity fit for Empire in the mid to late nineteenth century and, by way of contrast, the more recent media-driven, commercial New Man and New Lad masculinity. The author considers some of the media discourses shaping masculinities today, and the formation of specific masculinities in specific settings (such as prisons, hospitals and schools) which both define, and in turn are defined by, strongly held conceptions of acceptable masculine behaviour. He concludes by reviewing a range of ways in which masculinities might be researched, from fieldwork and auto/biographical and life history approaches through to semiotics and the use of both film and literary texts. This lively text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates concerning masculinities as gendered constructions, along with the means of researching and theorizing them.
About the Author
John Beynon is Reader in Media, Cultural and Communication Studies at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Amongst his recent publications (both with David Dunkerley) are Perspectives on Globalization (1999) and Globalization: The Reader (2000). He has lectured in cultural, media and communication studies in Britain, Europe and the USA for over 25 years. In 1991, he founded the European Cultural Studies Network, which he co-ordinated until 2000.
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One thing has to be made crystal clear at the outset: 'masculinity' is composed of many masculinities, as this book will illustrate repeatedly and which is reflected in the title. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
One thing has to be made crystal clear at the outset: 'masculinity' is composed of many masculinities, as this book will illustrate repeatedly and which is reflected in the title. Read the first page
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This book works through time, dealing with the constructs of masculinities, including the typical male image through to the rise of the yuppy. I consider this book to be a core text for those studying such topics in sociology, cultural studies or culturak geography.
This is an easily-readable text which divulges valuable information, without having to traul through hard academic language.
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