Cultures of Masculinity by Tim Edwards
By Tim Edwards
Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical concerns which encompass and tell our realizing of masculinity, this e-book explores the interface among conventional sociological methods and the paintings coated through extra post-structural, media-driven or cultural views.
Edwards popular for his paintings on representations of masculinities, makes use of grounded examples of the task industry and family violence to set his theoretical dialogue. He argues that there's a want for extra discussion on males and masculinities among disciplines, and considers the validity of the troubles and anxieties which encompass masculinity within the modern global via various key issues, together with:
- the new guy, the recent lad and ‘men’s movements’
- men, masculinity and violence
- marginalized masculinities: black masculinity and homosexual male sexuality
- queer concept, performativity and model
- cinema, illustration and the body.
One of the main finished and innovative reports of recent masculinity to be had, this e-book may be crucial interpreting for college students of gender, tradition and sociology.
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